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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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Government

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, market and political challenges in other global spots also now embroil Canada's prime minister; CEO Neil Bruce could clarify impacts and strategy in …
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Transportation

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. …
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Water & Dams

Drones Find Sweet Spot in Environmental Engineering

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Tom Sawyer
Drones find a niche in environmental engineering, where aerial data collection protects fragile landscapes and worker safety …
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Power & Industrial

Three Wave Energy Developers Ready to Test Devices in Hawaii

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Johanna Knapschaefer
Fabrication of a giant barge-like wave energy device is underway in Portland, Ore., in preparation for testing in Hawaii this summer. …
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Government

Infrastructure Talks Continue on Capitol Hill, But No Action Yet

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Tom Ichniowski
When Rep. Peter DeFazio, the new House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, opened his panel’s first infrastructure hearing in the new Congress, he tapped some buttons on his phone and, …