风险 Contract disputes and terms; insurance, surety and compliance; ethics and law; liability//www.pjbjkak.com/rss/135 en-us EPA Coal Ash Cleanup Rule Changes Send Utilities, Agencies Back to Drawing Board Agency said it will deny three utility extensions for unlined pond compliance over groundwater pollution risks, as part of larger agency push to strengthen regulation of power plant residuals disposal and facilities with improper storage. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53448 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 19:15:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53448-epa-coal-ash-cleanup-rule-changes-send-utilities-agencies-back-to-drawing-board Hope, and Trepidation, for DC Event Attendees on Infrastructure Fund Flow choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) Transportation Research Board attendance was down as US COVID-19 cases rose, but participants spoke volumes about efforts underway and risks ahead to wisely spend billions coming to the sector. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53444 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 21:45:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53444-hope-and-trepidation-for-dc-event-attendees-on-infrastructure-fund-flow The Unseen Fatal Demolition Accidents of 2021 Many fatal demolition accidents recorded by OSHA involved sudden losses of support. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53432 Mon, 17 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53432-the-unseen-fatal-demolition-accidents-of-2021 Big Energy Projects Draw More Workers to Small Alberta Town rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) Work near Edson on the $10B Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, $1.8B expanded NGTL gas line and $1.2B Cascade Energy power plant has brought at least 2,500 workers to town, with housing scarce. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53440 Sun, 16 Jan 2022 14:10:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53440-big-energy-projects-draw-more-workers-to-small-alberta-town UK Building Owners Face Fire Safety Cladding Replacement Deadline reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina)

The industry has until March to develop a plan and funding to replace the type of cladding linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that caused 72 deaths.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53430 Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53430-uk-building-owners-face-fire-safety-cladding-replacement-deadline
SCOTUS Hears Feds' Suit Over State Workers' Comp Law for DOE Hanford 高等法院将决定Washingt拜登的挑战on state's major coverage expansion for nuclear site contractor workers related to illnesses claimed from exposure to major toxics //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53431 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:40:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53431-scotus-hears-feds-suit-over-state-workers-comp-law-for-doe-hanford Stalled Maryland Light-Rail P3 Won't Open Until 2026, With Cost Up $1.4B

Purple Line's new JV contractor Dragados-OHL will start in spring if state approves its contract on Jan. 26. Construction tab now is $3.4B, with opening four years past original estimate, say officials.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53421 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:40:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53421-stalled-maryland-light-rail-p3-wont-open-until-2026-with-cost-up-14b
Administration Expands Push to Build Clean Energy Projects mcfarlandp@新利luckenr.com (Pam麦克法兰)

Multi-faceted federal effort includes largest yet U.S. auction of offshore wind project lease tracts, in metro New York City area, and more renewables built on public lands.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53412 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 19:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53412-administration-expands-push-to-build-clean-energy-projects
2021 US Climate-Related Disasters Second Only to 2020 in Cost mcfarlandp@新利luckenr.com (Pam麦克法兰)

NOAA data show costs associated with damages from climate-related extreme weather events in 2021 continued to climb. 

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53387 Tue, 11 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53387-us-climate-related-disasters-second-only-to-2020-in-cost
Spain Set to Launch First Floating Offshore Wind Turbine in Fall reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina) Contractor Ferrovial used two 500-ton crawler cranes to raise and rotate six vertically cast floater elements for transport and assembly to support the 2-MW turbine in 85 ft of water. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53381 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 18:20:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53381-spain-set-to-launch-first-floating-offshore-wind-turbine-in-fall Teamsters Strike Slows Key Transit Work in Puget Sound Area Sound Transit, Washington State DOT, King County and City of Seattle urge strikers and contractors to return now to mediated negotiations. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53363 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:34:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53363-teamsters-strike-slows-key-transit-work-in-puget-sound-area Survey: Growth of Construction Activity Slows in the UK reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina) Despite improving supply chains and high demand, delays are expected to continue. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53376 Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:02:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53376-survey-growth-of-construction-activity-slows-in-the-uk FERC Pulls Burns & McDonnell Gas Project Contract, Cites Conflict Firm's environmental review award and engineering contract relate to same natural gas project, agency says, after watchdog group raises issues over the link. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53370 Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:11:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53370-ferc-pulls-burns-mcdonnell-gas-project-contract-cites-conflict Solar Capacity Grows in US, But States Still Struggle to Deploy Solar energy added 9,604 MW through Oct. 31, 2021, up 28% from the same period a year earlier, says the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Recent regulation changes in Massachusetts and California are aimed to push development, but with some opposition. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53358 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 18:35:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53358-solar-capacity-grows-in-us-but-states-still-struggle-to-deploy Steady Growth Seen for Global Construction After COVID Rebound reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina) The worldwide sector is set to rise 2.3% a year in real terms, reaching $16.6 trillion by 2030, with four of the 10 fastest growing markets in Asia, says a London-based economic forecaster. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53360 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 10:27:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53360-steady-growth-seen-for-global-construction-after-covid-rebound Balfour Beatty Unit Will Pay $65.4M in Military Housing Fraud Settlement

A leading private US armed forces housing manager settles criminal and civil cases alleging padded bills and poor maintenance dating back to 2013; firm cites unit restructuring but now has court-ordered outside compliance monitor. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53354 Tue, 04 Jan 2022 14:55:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53354-balfour-beatty-unit-will-pay-654m-in-military-housing-fraud-settlement Massive Wildfire Near Boulder, Colo., Destroys More Than 1,000 Homes and Businesses shawm@enr.com (Mark Shaw)

Property loss from the 6,000-acre blaze is dubbed by officials as the worst in state history.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53352 Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:15:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53352-massive-wildfire-near-boulder-colo-destroys-nearly-1000-homes-and-businesses
Skanska Found Negligent for Damages From Breakaway Barges

Federal judge's decision clears the way for hundreds of lawsuits to proceed.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53351 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53351-skanska-found-negligent-for-damages-from-breakaway-barges
Texas Crane Accident Problems Persisted in 2021 kormanr@enr.com (Richard Korman)

OSHA records describe alleged errors in crane assemblies.

 

 

 

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53348 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53348-texas-crane-accident-problems-persisted-in-2021
Utility Pushes U.K.'s First Big Pumped Storage Hydro Project in 30 Years reina@btinternet.com (Peter Reina) Bechtel, Webuild, Strabag and Dragados are among bidders for the $1.3B, 1.5-GW Coire Glas project in Scotland, but project revenue uncertainties remain. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53347 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:44:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53347-utility-pushes-uks-first-big-pumped-storage-hydro-project-in-30-years DinorwigABB.jpg Pumped storage hydro now accounts for 75% of the U.K.'s 4 GW of electricity storage, mainly at the 1,728-MW Dinorwig plant in Wales, commissioned in 1983. Credit: ABB Report: DOE Spent $1.1B To Build Just 3 Carbon Capture Demos GAO analysis says 11 large-scale projects at coal-fired power plants and industrial sites were funded; department counters that a new clean energy demo program beefed up with with infrastructure act funds will fix cost management. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53336 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:06:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53336-report-doe-spent-11b-to-build-just-3-carbon-capture-demos Record Baltic Road-Rail Tunnel Gets Major Push on German Side 重大建设于12月初在Germany's Fehmarn Island for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel—an 18-km underwater immersed-tube tunnel that is set to be the world's longest. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53342 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 15:39:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53342-record-baltic-road-rail-tunnel-gets-major-push-on-german-side Editorial: Risk Variables Multiply in 2021 and 2022

Industry reels from another year with a perplexing array of uncertainties.

 

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53287 Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53287-editorial-risk-variables-multiply-in-2021-and-2022 What's ahead in 2022.jpg
EPA Outlines Plan to Speed Lead Pipe Removals mcfarlandp@新利luckenr.com (Pam麦克法兰)

Agency will allow a Trump-era rule to take effect but also will propose new steps to clarify actions and boost funding to meet Biden goal of replacing 100% of nation’s lead service pipes.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53282 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:45:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53282-epa-outlines-plan-to-speed-lead-pipe-removals
$6.2B Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Gains Key State Approval Virginia narrowly OKs controversial water crossing permit in a 107-mile portion of the 373-mile route also in West Virginia and North Carolina, but two federal approvals remain //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53286 Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:29:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53286-62b-mountain-valley-gas-pipeline-gains-key-state-approval Advanced Nuclear Power Developer NuScale Strikes Deal To Go Public rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) The firm is valued at $1.9B in link with NASDAQ-traded investor, but Fluor stays a majority stakeholder and exclusive engineer-builder of planned small reactors for global clients. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53237 Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:12:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53237-advanced-nuclear-power-developer-nuscale-strikes-deal-to-go-public Boston Contractor Indicted Over Alleged Safety Record Fraud

Atlantic Coast Utilities had been targeted by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in connection with a double fatality.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53224 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53224-boston-contractor-indicted-over-alleged-safety-record-fraud
EPA Pact Could Tighten Synthetic Chemical Plant Emissions Rules Public health worries, particularly in environmental justice communities, are behind the proposed review of manufacturing limits in federal consent decree. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53213 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:53:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53213-epa-pact-could-tighten-synthetic-chemical-plant-emissions-rules Flood-Wrecked Wash. State, B.C. Infrastructure Rebuild Will Be Long rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin)

Officials and contractors in British Columbia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Washington state push to reopen, repair and add resilience to battered highways and flood defenses after a month of repeat storms. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53200 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53200-flood-wrecked-wash-state-bc-infrastructure-rebuild-will-be-long levee repair Crews tackle damage repair of a levee in Whatcom County, Wash.Photo: Whatcom County Public Works Dept. Toyota Will Build $1.3B Battery Plant in North Carolina, Its First in the US Investment will support Japan-based giant's 14 North American auto plants and comes as electric utilities push expansion of EV charging infrastructure //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53160 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:22:00 -0500//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53160-toyota-will-build-13b-battery-plant-in-north-carolina-its-first-in-the-us