Government

Washington Observer; federal agency and congressional policy-setting, regulation and enforcement; budgets and taxation; project finance; state and local agency regulation and enforcement.

Latest Updates On The Coronavirus Pandemic

ENR tracks new industry impacts as COVID-19 forces project closures and interrupts global business.

2020 Elections

Building Trades Unions Endorse Biden

Bruce Buckley

October 23, 2020

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Union group's leader cites Trump Administration lack of action on infrastructure, infectious-disease safety standard and pension issues.

Maryland County Opts for $1.24B P3 Schools Deal With Gilbane, Honeywell

Jim Parsons

October 22, 2020

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Amid big fallout from area's soured Purple Line rail P3, Prince George's County signs 30-year DBOM contract private development team

Speakers at Tradeswomen Build Nations, Including Kamala Harris

Elections, RBG and Leaning In at Tradeswomen Build Nations 2020

Corinne Grinapol

October 20, 2020

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Key gathering of union tradeswomen focused on voter turnout and rollout of new Lean In Circles to boost virtual connections, extend peer support and groom leaders.

Supreme Court Will Hear Border Wall Fund Dispute, Won't Halt Work Now

Mary B. Powers

October 19, 2020

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High court review of challenged $3.6B in milcon funding for barriers could take until mid 2021; election outcome will become key.

Transportation Infrastructure

US DOT Picks 18 Projects To Share $220M in Port Infrastructure Grants

Tom Ichniowski

October 16, 2020

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Largest grants go to ports in U.S. Virgin Islands; Norfolk, Va.; Seward, Alaska and Conneaut, Ohio.

AEC Groups Sign Oct. 15 Letter Against Trump Federal Contractor Anti-Bias Training Order

Debra K. Rubin

October 15, 2020

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150 trade assns. cite vague details and tough penalties to meet required tone revise of race and sex-based diversity programs, set to take effect Nov. 21.

Federal Contracting

Construction Firm's Ex-CEO Faces Fraud Charges on Corps, NAVFAC Contracts

Tom Ichniowski

October 14, 2020

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The defendant is Micheline Pollock, who was CEO of construction company Dover Vantage.

Tom Ichniowski

October 14, 2020

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After days of negotiations, marked by rapidly shifting proposals, the fate of a new coronavirus relief and economic stimulus bill was unresolved at ENR press time.

Boosted State, Federal Funds Push Florida Everglades Restoration

Thomas F. Armistead

October 14, 2020

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With interest in Florida, the Trump Administration hiked spending to $250 million for fiscal 2021 that Congress approved, up from $67 million two years earlier.