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Start-up aiming to build massive pneumatic guns to launch payloads into orbit plans to build working prototype at Nevada site.

Kiewit Corp. Chairman and former CEO Bruce Grewcock, a Mines alumnus, has pledged that the EPC giant would hire “every one of this program’s graduates.”

Per local media reports, nearly 30 firefighting units from throughout the area responded to the Nov. 9 fire.

$1.7-million USDOT grant bolsters efforts in Colorado and other states to bring autonomous vehicles to road crews.

Situated on a 10-acre site in Boulder City, this $25-million facility is a first-of-its-kind complex trauma treatment center that is focused on the specialized health care needs of child trafficking victims.

In addition to a 14,803-sq-ft fire station, this $23-million project’s scope included a fueling station for all city vehicles and the city’s second street sweeper dump, all located in a single 15-acre site.

First built in 1960, then shut down in 2007, this recreation center’s reconstruction plans were put on hold until 2021, when the city finally resurrected the project.

Eight bridges along Interstate 80 stand ready for any movement, thanks to an $18-million seismic retrofit program. It involved upgrades to four westbound and four eastbound bridges: I-700, I-717, H-844 and I-740.

Aging pavement, inadequate facilities and safety concerns amid increasing traffic were among the issues facing Reno-Tahoe International Airport that led to a comprehensive $12-million reconstruction effort.

ENR’s Best Projects competition brings together engineering and construction teams from across the industry to celebrate innovative techniques, teamwork, design, craft quality, safety efforts and the ability to overcome challenges.