Southeast Construction News Southeast Construction News provides Southeast-specific updates on the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.https://www.新利luckenr.com/rss/232-southeast-construction-news en-us Miami Residents Fight for High Ground

Allapattah, a working class, majority Latino neighborhood in Miami, is bounded by convenience—a hospital, metro stations, an art museum, highways for easy access to downtown, the beach and other points of interest—which makes it a magnet for development, pushing prices up, and residents and businesses out.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53339 Thu, 23 Dec 2021 09:30:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53339-miami-residents-fight-for-high-ground Alapattah City Residents of Allapattah seek to preserve the neighborhood’s businesses, afforable rents and distinct culture.Photos courtesy Allapattah Collaborative CDC
Righting Past Wrongs Through Equitable Development

Standing on a dead-end street in Spartanburg, S.C., Harold Mitchell can plainly see the history of injustice in his community.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53335 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 16:00:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53335-righting-past-wrongs-through-equitable-development ENR_Environmental_Justice_Harold_Mitchell-9863_ENRready.jpg Harold Mitchell stands outside the site of a former fertlizer plant located across the street from his childhood home.Photo by Bruce Buckley for ENR
Tri-Rail Trains May Not Fit in Miami’s New $70M Station Miami Central Station transit hub may require modifications to accommodate a planned addition of regional commuter rail service that is four years overdue. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53235 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 17:37:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53235-tri-rail-trains-may-not-fit-in-miamis-new-70m-station Georgia Judge Stays Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate Nationwide yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders)

The participation of the Associated Builders and Contractors, which joined a seven-state lawsuit, is cited as a factor in the vaccine mandate injunction applying in all 50 states.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53161 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 18:56:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53161-georgia-judge-stays-federal-contractor-vaccine-mandate-nationwide
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 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53160-toyota-will-build-13b-battery-plant-in-north-carolina-its-first-in-the-us Vogtle Monitors: Nuke Project May Not Complete Until 2024 judys@enr.com (Scott Judy) Construction monitors see ongoing issues at Georgia Power's nuclear expansion project continuing to delay completion targets. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53132 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 17:29:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53132-vogtle-monitors-nuke-project-may-not-complete-until-2024 Lake Okeechobee Operating Shifts Set to Boost Everglades Flow

New Corps lake system operating manual, replacing one in use since 2008, will improve water management, including better dry season Everglades flow and reduced algae blooms in rivers

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/53089 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/53089-lake-okeechobee-operating-shifts-set-to-boost-everglades-flow
Analysis Traces Mississippi River Bridge Beam Crack to Fabrication Arkansas DOT separately issued its own report detailing needed improvements for the agency's inspection program. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52982 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:05:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52982-analysis-traces-mississippi-river-bridge-beam-crack-to-fabrication Vogtle Nuke Project Delayed Again as Utility Co-Owners Resist Rising Costs judys@enr.com (Scott Judy) Owner Southern Co. blames lagging electrical system remediation work and ongoing craft labor shortages for the latest schedule adjustment. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52915 Mon, 08 Nov 2021 17:09:00 -0500https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52915-vogtle-nuke-project-delayed-again-as-utility-co-owners-resist-rising-costs Skanska Battles to the End as Verdict Looms in Breakaway Barges Trial kormanr@enr.com (Richard Korman) Depositions and motions show detailed questions about storm preparations and chain of command. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52825 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52825-skanska-battles-to-the-end-as-verdict-looms-in-breakaway-barges-trial Terminated Nuke Project Workers Seek New Ruling in Pay Suit Against Fluor Appellate court is set to decide whether workers at abandoned VC Summer project in South Carolina are entitled to compensation for no notice of layoff. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52878 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:55:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52878-terminated-nuke-project-workers-seek-new-ruling-in-pay-suit-against-fluor Georgia Power Says Its Coal Ash Cleanup Tab Has Risen to $9 Billion The utility has already spent $856 million on remediation and is moving on new cleanup projects, but court battle to stop it from passing costs to ratepayers will likely continue. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52861 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 17:51:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52861-georgia-power-says-its-coal-ash-cleanup-tab-has-risen-to-9-billion Spurred by Collapse, Group Calls For Recertification of Florida's Existing Buildings postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) In the wake of the Champlain Towers South collapse, Florida building professionals issue recommendations for statewide inspections to help avoid another failure. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52822 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:14:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52822-spurred-by-collapse-group-calls-for-recertification-of-floridas-existing-buildings DOE Awards Nearly $30B in 10-Year Nuclear Site Cleanup Contracts rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin)

AECOM spinoff Amentum is part of BWXT-Fluor group awarded DOE Savannah River Site contract in South Carolina, and teams with Jacobs, Honeywell to manage $8.3B of work at the Oak Ridge, Tenn., complex.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52817 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:12:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52817-doe-awards-nearly-30b-in-10-year-nuclear-site-cleanup-contracts
拜登佛罗里达起诉政府对疫苗的人date for Federal Contractors

Florida targets NASA, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council, Office of Management and Budget and the General Services Administration in its suit //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52820 Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:09:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52820-florida-sues-biden-vaccine-mandate-federal-contractors NIST Expands Probe Into Champlain Towers South Fatal Failure postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post)

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added a remote sensing and visualization project to its roster of queries into the June 24 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South residential condominium in Surfside, Fla., which killed 98 people.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52790 Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:27:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52790-nist-expands-investigation-into-champlain-towers-south-fatal-failure
Georgia Worker Killed in Bridge Demolition Partial Collapse, 2 Others Hurt

Subcontractor B&D Concrete Cutting identified Demario Battle as the employee who died during demolition work southeast of Atlanta.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52766 Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:46:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52766-georgia-worker-killed-in-bridge-demolition-partial-collapse-2-others-hurt
PCL Cited in Welder's Death During NC Bridge Demolition

OSHA has proposed $23,210 in penalties against PCL Civil Constructors Inc. for two serious federal safety violations in the April death of Jose Armando Maqueda Mejia when a bridge section collapsed.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52755 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52755-pcl-cited-in-welders-death-during-nc-bridge-demolition
EEOC Sues Whiting-Turner Over Black Worker Treatment at Tennessee Google Project

The federal civil rights lawsuit alleges the contractor created a racially hostile work environment and fired employees who complained.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52600 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52600-eeoc-sues-whiting-turner-over-black-worker-treatment-at-tennessee-google-project
Nashville YMCA $350M Redevelopment Includes City's Tallest Building

Plans call for completion of a 750-ft-tall residential tower by 2026.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52593 星期二,2021年10月05 16:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52593-nashville-ymca-350m-redevelopment-includes-citys-tallest-building
Alabama to Use $400M in COVID-19 Relief Funds for $1.3B Prison Construction Program

Alabama plans to build two 4,000-bed prisons for men and a 1,000-bed prison for women to replace aging facilities federal officials have called unsafe.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52583 Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52583-alabama-to-use-400m-in-covid-19-relief-funds-for-13b-prison-construction-program
First Contract Awarded for $3.5B Everglades Restoration Project Phillips and Jordan will start work in November under fixed-price $80-million first phase of the A-2 Reservoir south of Florida's Lake Okeechobee. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52573 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 16:35:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52573-first-contract-awarded-for-35b-everglades-restoration-project Ford Will Spend $11.4B on Tennessee, Kentucky EV Plant Projects

Automaker will build electric vehicle assembly and battery plant campus in Tennessee, plus a pair of battery factories in Kentucky.



//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52570 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 14:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52570-ford-will-spend-114b-on-tennessee-kentucky-ev-plant-projects
Charleston, S.C.'s $1.1B Wall Is 'Optimized' Solution to Stop Floods: Corps

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan calls for a 12-ft elevation storm surge wall to ring the Charleston Peninsula.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52499 Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52499-charleston-scs-11b-wall-is-optimized-solution-to-stop-floods-corps
Fla. Gov. DeSantis Clears Way for Controversial $1B Kendall Parkway Project An administrative law judge had recommended that the project not move forward due to environmental concerns. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52477 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:48:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52477-fla-gov-desantis-clears-way-for-controversial-1b-kendall-parkway-project North Carolina Program Aims to Help Coastal Towns Plan, Protect Against Floods Resilient Coastal Communities Program has awarded $675,000 to 25 communities for the first two phases of the effort to protect local infrastructure. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52446 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:15:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52446-north-carolina-program-aims-to-help-coastal-towns-plan-protect-against-floods TVA Ends Key Link to Long-Unfinished Alabama Nuclear Plant Power producer won't renew permits to allow private firm to complete Bellefonte plant after court ruling cancels a 2016 purchase deal; TVA seeks options to redevelop the 1,600-acre site. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52444 Sat, 18 Sep 2021 15:20:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52444-tva-ends-key-link-to-long-unfinished-alabama-nuclear-plant Audit: NCDOT’s $2B Cash Surplus ‘Largely Due to Chance’ Changes in financial management needed to avoid a repeat of the massive funding shortfall of 2019, state auditor says. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52441 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 16:24:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52441-audit-ncdots-2b-cash-surplus-largely-due-to-chance NRC Cites Vogtle Safety Violations as Georgia Power Projects Construction Delays judys@enr.com (Scott Judy) The utility pushed back the respective in-service dates for Units 3 and 4 by several months. //www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52368 Tue, 07 Sep 2021 16:56:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52368-nrc-cites-vogtle-safety-violations-as-georgia-power-projects-construction-delays FBI Innovation Center Breaks Ground in Alabama; Tampa Bay Water Launches Pipeline Project

Reports on industry events from across the Southeast region.

//www.pjbjkak.com/articles/52325 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:00:00 -0400https://www.新利luckenr.com/articles/52325-fbi-innovation-center-breaks-ground-in-alabama-tampa-bay-water-launches-pipeline-project FBI Innovation Center in Huntsville, Ala. Image courtesy HKS