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UK Court Rules Against Bechtel in High-Speed Rail Contract Dispute

Peter Reina

March 5, 2021

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Firm sought compensation for not winning contract to build $1.4B station.

Infrastructure

ASCE Gives Ohio Infrastructure a C-; Rail Gets High Marks While Levees, Roads, Transit Lag

The state's grades range from a B to a D across 16 categories

Jeff Yoders

February 11, 2021

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Ohio's infrastructure earns a C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Viewpoint: U.S. Needs to 'Build Back Better' With Rail

Mysore Nagaraja Howard Sackel Robert W. Previdi

February 10, 2021

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Industry experts urge Biden government to help rebuild US transit leadership and make forthcoming infrastructure program more than a snappy campaign slogan

Andrew Cuomo state of the state 2021 speech

Infrastructure Projects Worth $306B Will Help NY's Economic Recovery: Cuomo

Eydie Cubarrubia

January 19, 2021

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Manhattan's Midtown West will encompass $51B of this spending; many of the projects the governor mentioned have been under way.

Maryland, P3 Team Ink $250M Pact on Disputed Purple Line

Jim Parsons

Debra K. Rubin

November 25, 2020

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Agreement appears to settle litigation and cost issues for Fluor, which officially leaves the project; cost allocation, design liablity, schedule await resolution

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing's Grand Rapids, Mich., fill and finish facility.

COVID-19 and Construction

Vaccine Focus Brings Aseptic Manufacturing, EPC Firms into Limelight

With shell nearly complete, contractor worked past COVID-19 obstacles to finish Michigan vaccine plant

Jeff Yoders

November 24, 2020

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U.S. production facilities for COVID-19 vaccines nearing approval for Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are delivered by EPC contractors. But supply chain availability has been a tricky process.

Post-Tensioning Complete as Emergency Repair Continues on West Seattle Bridge

Tim Newcomb

November 13, 2020

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The Seattle Dept. of Transportation closed the bridge in March due to cracks. Kraemer North America was hired under an emergency contract to stabilize the structure. WSP provided the engineering.

2020 Election

Biden Transportation Adviser Outlines Possible Plans for Highways, Transit, Rail

Tom Ichniowski

November 12, 2020

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John Porcari says president-elect's plan seeks quick-starting short-term projects, as well as "transformative" long-term ones

2020 Elections

Construction Issues Now Await a Biden-Harris Administration in the White House

Pennsylvania propels former VP Joe Biden and Calif. Sen. Kamala Harris to a win for Democrats, even as three state electoral totals are unclear and President Trump vows a legal fight; most ballot funding measures won, but three industry candidates lost bids for House seats

November 7, 2020

With at least three states still counting, Pennsylvania propels former VP Joe Biden and Calif. Sen. Kamala Harris to a win for Democrats and big policy shifts ahead, but President Trump does not concede and vows legal vote-count fights; billions in ballot infrastructure funding measures mostly win, but three industry House candidates lose.

TBM Is Delivered for $2.8B New Zealand Rail Project

Peter Reina

October 22, 2020

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Auckland's City Rail Link, set to finish in 2024, has struggled with a major cost hike and bankruptcy of a leading contractor.

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UK Court Rules Against Bechtel in High-Speed Rail Contract Dispute

ASCE Gives Ohio Infrastructure a C-; Rail Gets High Marks While Levees, Roads, Transit Lag

Viewpoint: U.S. Needs to 'Build Back Better' With Rail

Infrastructure Projects Worth $306B Will Help NY's Economic Recovery: Cuomo

Maryland, P3 Team Ink $250M Pact on Disputed Purple Line

Vaccine Focus Brings Aseptic Manufacturing, EPC Firms into Limelight

Post-Tensioning Complete as Emergency Repair Continues on West Seattle Bridge

Biden Transportation Adviser Outlines Possible Plans for Highways, Transit, Rail

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