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Corps Issues Draft EIS for Controversial Alaskan Copper Mine

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Pam Radtke Russell
The draft EIS comes to no conclusions, but owner says it clears the way for copper mine. …
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Project delivery

US Appeals Court Slams FERC on Long-Muddled State Environmental Permits

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Mary B. Powers
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Debra K. Rubin
Big Calif.-Ore. dam removals, which triggered the Jan. 25 federal ruling on state clean-water okays, are proceeding to contract. …
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Government

Chicago's Lake Shore Drive Bridge Closes for Emergency Repairs, Reopens With Temporary Fix

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Jeff Yoders
Lake Shore Drive, a part of U.S. Highway 41 that runs parallel with and along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, was closed to northbound traffic from the morning …
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Design

Cost Revealed for Troubled Bridge Over London Waters

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Peter Reina
London Mayor Sadiq Khan scrapped Thomas Heatherwick's green span design in 2017, declining to underwrite long-term maintenance costs. …
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Ethics & Corruption

SNC-Lavalin Grows Europe Base As Corporate Pressures Mount

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Peter Reina
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Debra K. Rubin
The Montreal design-build giant's unfolding legal, financial and political issues globally now embroil Canada's prime minister; will CEO Neil Bruce clarify strategy in a Feb. 22 Q4 results call? …
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Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Chinese Contractors Take Technological Plunge For Island-Hopping Roadway

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Scott Blair
Chinese contractors take the plunge into prefab and BIM for island-hopping roadway …
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Power & Industrial

In Bankruptcy, Utility PG&E Faces Big Spend to Cut Fire Risks

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Mary B. Powers
California utility giant details 2019 plan for boosted infrastructure and technology—and controversial expanded blackouts—to respond to and prevent devastating wildfires in its huge service area. …