Articles Tagged with ''wetlands''

A major tech investment in Wisconsin is set to reshape local infrastructure, but its scale has raised new questions about power, water and long-term community impacts. 

State officials cancel Mid‑Barataria Sediment Diversion after federal permit suspension, cost overruns and litigation.

New regulations published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dramatically reduce federal protections of previously regulated streams and wetlands.

New master plan, if implemented, could eventually produce annual cost savings of between $10.7 billion to $14.5 billion, state officials say.

EPA and Corps of Engineers seek clarity in rule release, but some industry groups question the move with a key related US Supreme Court case decision still ahead.

Wetlands documentation and compliance app maker Ecobot secured a $2.81-million funding round earlier this month, a sign construction tech investors see value in targeted solutions to specific workflow problems.

In the latest consolidation move in the tightening construction software market, wetlands documentation app company Ecobot announced it has acquired software maker WetForm, one of its main competitors. 

The second of two major sediment diversion projects in Plaquemines Parish, La., is closer to construction following the naming of a contractor to build the $700-million structure that will use mud from the bottom of the Mississippi River to help rebuild the state’s disappearing wetlands.

Updates about the New York construction industry