The Trump administration’s rapidly evolving policies on health care, deregulation and infrastructure present the construction industry with numerous opportunities and hazards.
China leads the world in photovoltaic capacity, Apple is investing in Chinese wind-power projects and a successful carbon trading pilot program will be scaled up.
Hurricane Matthew’s rampage through the Caribbean, the Bahamas and up the southeast U.S. coast tested storm and flood forecasters, utilities, contractor preparations and civil engineering works for more than 1,500 miles and, in some cases, found them wanting.
Final guidance from the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) for the first time will require federal agencies to consider the potential impact of construction projects on climate change.