Richard Korman

New York

Deputy Editor, Writer and Journalist at Engineering News-Record (ENR)

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Articles

Florida Contractor Says City Must Negotiate Rejected Bid

1 week ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

City governments in most cases can reject bids that are too high, even when there is a single bidder. But a Florida contractor whose bid on a small project was recently rejected by the City of Fort Myers, Fla., says that isn't the case and that Florida law, if followed, requires the city to return to the negotiating table again after previous negotiations failed.
Survey Shows Hesitation To Move Major Construction Projects Forward

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

NewsRisk A survey of fixed tower cranes in 14 mostly North American cities showed construction and development caution prior to President Trump's April 2nd announcement of his full tariff blitz. The overall number of cranes held steady in the first quarter of 2025, reports construction cost expert and manager Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB).
ABC Hopes Trump CHIPS Act Changes Open Doors For Open Shop Contractors

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

One small city waiting to learn how the Trump administration changes the $39 billion CHIPS and Science Act program, passed by Congress in 2022 and set up under the Biden administration, is West Lafayette, Ind. The biggest question mark in its construction future is whether and when a $3.87 billion facility in the Purdue Research Park will be built. Local communities where new semiconductor and microchips projects are planned with support from the CHIPS Act have a lot on the line.
From Vietnam War to Climate Change: ENR Award Reflects Changing Times

4 weeks ago | enr.com | Debra K. Rubin |Richard Korman

There are several times in their work lives when journalists try to say something important to readers—and one of those for ENR editorial staff is the profile of the annual Award of Excellence winner, which this year tells the story of Los Angeles County Public Works Director Mark Pestrella. In 2025, ENR marks the award’s 60th anniversary.
AECOM Seeks Tens of Millions In Interest From ExxonMobil After Refinery Verdict

1 month ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

A federal jury in Montana last month ordered ExxonMobil to pay AECOM $64 million in money owed on a disputed refinery turnaround project in Billings in 2019 that went badly and lasted months instead of the scheduled weeks. The jurors blamed both companies for failing to meet their contract terms, ordering AECOM to pay Exxon $20 million—reducing the overall damage award to the professional services firm from the oil and gas giant to $44 million.
Are New York Construction Workers Safer? Depends on How Your Count

1 month ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

On the afternoon of November 6 2023, Francisco Lumbreras, 52, was working for a site preparation contractor in the Bronx applying grease with a grease gun to a fitting located in the back of a ready-mix deliver truck. He took a step or two back, according to federal safety records, when his clothes were caught by the rotating shaft that drives the vibration air valves. He tried to free himself from the spinning shaft, and a coworker heard him shout and turned off the power.
Why the Expiring Tax Break for Engineers Must Be Renewed

1 month ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

RiskEditorials The section of the federal tax code known as 199a will expire at the end of 2025 unless Congress approves an extension. Its passage in 2017 represented one of the most important lobbying victories claimed by the American Council of Engineering Companies because the measure effectively cuts taxes paid by many engineering and architecture companies.
Rubio's X Post Dims Prospects for Tetra Tech's USAID Revenue

1 month ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's March 10 post on X that 83% of U.S. Agency for International Development consulting contracts have been canceled, raises doubts on the status of up to $290 million in anticipated combined agency revenue in 2025 for consultants,Tetra Tech Inc. and ICF International.
Surety Manager Who Sent Out Bond Claim Payments to Himself Is Sentenced

1 month ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

NewsBusinessEthics & CorruptionRisk A former surety manager who for two years diverted payments on bond claims to himself is now starting a 20-month prison sentence. A federal judge in New Haven, Conn., sentenced James Keating, 52, of Paoli, Pa., in late January to imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding his former employer, Allied World Insurance Co., of more than $1.4 million. Keating had plead guilty in July to wire fraud. Judge Victor A.
Supply Chain Risks Had Construction Worried Even Before 2025 Got Going

1 month ago | enr.com | Richard Korman

Only two months have passed in 2025, and it looks like the second-biggest risk in insurer Allianz Commercial's annual survey of expected risks by all types of companies—business interruptions that may involve supply chains—deserved the high profile risk professionals gave it. All through the first months of 2025, the Trump administration's on-and-off wielding of tariffs against both rivals and traditional allies has U.S. contractors on edge about material price inflation and delivery delays.