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ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Projects 2019

Award of Merit Water/Environment: City of Pearland Reflection Bay Water Reclamation Facility Expansion

October 14, 2019

A fast-paced schedule and considerable financial requirements challenged the project team on this $45.1-million expansion.

Texas & Louisiana Snaphot: Pioneer Tower at Will Rogers Memorial Center

October 14, 2019

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Designed by Wyatt C. Hendrick and built in 1936, the Pioneer Tower at Will Rogers Memorial Center is an example of Art Deco architecture in Fort Worth.

ENR Texas & Louisiana Best Projects 2019: Meet The Jury

October 14, 2019

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Judges selected the winning ENR Texas & Louisiana entries based on the following criteria: overcoming challenges, teamwork, safety, innovation, contribution to the industry and community, construction quality and craftsmanship, and design function and aesthetics.

Construction Accident

Unstable Cranes, Crumbling Building Pose Hazard at New Orleans Hotel Collapse Site

Two dead, one still missing following partial collapse of New Orleans hotel on Oct. 12

Jeff Rubenstone

October 13, 2019

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Two tower cranes at the site of the New Orleans hotel collapse are in worse shape than initially thought, forcing responders to reconsider how to dismantle them. An upper section of a hotel under construction in New Orleans partially collapsed on Saturday, Oct. 12, killing three and injuring dozens.

The Florida International University Tragedy

Before Collapse, Communications Failed to Save Bridge Project

Scott Judy

October 9, 2019

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In reports submitted to the NTSB, FIGG Bridge Engineers and MCM blame each other for the fatal collapse of the pedestrian bridge project.

Federal Megaproject

Court Ruling Impacts Scope of $6.5B Uranium Processing Project

Mary B. Powers

October 2, 2019

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Feds won't stop building expanded complex for nuke warhead upgrades despite legal order to redo seismic and environmental risk analyses.

Alabama Stacks Tumble in Latest TVA Fossil-Fuel Closure

October 2, 2019

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Utility has closed five power plants since 2012, with two planned by 2030

The Florida International University Tragedy

Berger: FIGG Is Slow To Hand Over All Bridge Collapse Data

This story updates and corrects the Oct. 7 print edition version

Richard Korman

October 2, 2019

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About half an hour before the almost-completed pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a busy Miami-area road last year, killing six people, Denney Pate, the bridge’s engineer-of-record, sent a text to Linda Figg, the chief executive of FIGG Bridge Engineers.