General Contracting Businesses
- Offshore Wind Projects Pushed Ahead in Northeast, CaliforniaMassachusetts gains new proposals in latest bid round for 1,600 MW of added capacity, while state's first facility closes on $2.3B of construction finance and feds expand development off New York.
- US Announces Revised Vaccine Mandate Rules for Federal ContractorsDetails released on vaccination requirements included in contracts by Nov. 14, with non-exempt contractor employees in offices, jobsites and remote fully vaccinated by Dec. 8.
- New Money Sources Needed to Supplement Infrastructure Bill, Transportation Experts SayFormer state DOT leaders say the $1.3 trillion infrastructure bill would be a start, but more funding is needed for critical infrastructure maintenance and new projects.
- Viewpoint: Adjusting to the ‘Post-Truth’ Environment Drives Up Claims CostsHow the pandemic has added to the unpredictability.
- Project Team Modernizes Historic Springfield, Mass., DamWork recently started on a $3.6-million overhaul and modernization of the Watershops Pond Dam in Springfield, Mass.
- Fla. Gov. DeSantis Clears Way for Controversial $1B Kendall Parkway ProjectAn administrative law judge had recommended that the project not move forward due to environmental concerns.
- Drought Could Lower Ariz. Hydro Plant Water Level Below Operating MinimumProjection for 1.3-GW Glen Canyon plant comes as total US hydropower output to fall 14% in 2021 due to western states' rain shortfall, says US Energy Dept.