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The American Infrastructure

Engineers Propose 'River' Alternative to Border Wall

Move large quantities of saltwater over mountains? it can be done.

May 4, 2017

Of all the ideas that have been suggested for the border wall, there is one that may help to bring together Mexico and the U.S., instead of pitting the countries against each other over illegal immigration.

Trump’s First 100 Days

Construction Asks: 'Where's the Infrastructure Program?'

May 3, 2017

Trump's executive orders so far are his most effective tool, but the infrastructure 'plan' remains a mystery.

Construction Management

A New Survey Charts the Unfulfilled Expectations of Prefabrication

Off-site fabrication doesn’t always provide results contractors seek

Jim Parsons

May 3, 2017

Many of us have experienced that proverbial “lightbulb moment,” a flash of insight when the complexities of a new or challenging concept finally make sense.

The American Infrastructure

Trump's Border Wall Has Many Concepts, Few Big Bidders

A torrent of futuristic schemes for an unusual federal public works construction project

Scott Van Voorhis

April 28, 2017

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Will the president's late April pullback on 2017 funding delay the controversial project?

Old San Francisco Bay Bridge Span Near End

April 26, 2017

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CEC Silverado late last month removed the final 850-ton steel truss of the old East Span Bay Bridge, which crosses San Francisco Bay.

NRG To Build 110 MW of Hawaii Solar In Power Deal With Utility

April 26, 2017

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NRG Energy expects to begin construction in the fall on about 110 MW of solar generation on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

Alaska Seeks FERC Approval On $40-Billion Gas Project

April 26, 2017

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Facility would move stranded natural gas to Asian markets.

New York Denies Natural-Gas Line Permit After Protests

April 26, 2017

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The New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation on April 7 denied National Fuel Gas Co. a permit for a natural-gas pipeline.

Perry Orders DOE to Review Electric Grid's Power-Source Mix, Resiliency

Pam Radtke Russell

April 25, 2017

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry has directed his department to examine whether subsidies, wholesale markets or other incentives may be skewing electric markets to favor one electricity power source over another or make the electric grid less resilient.

Bidders Shortlisted as Oroville Dam Work Schedule is Set

JT Long

April 12, 2017

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In a race to fix the damaged Oroville Dam’s main spillway by November, California Dept. of Water Resources, the operator of the country’s tallest dam, is going to bid with a 65%-complete design that breaks recovery efforts into three parts, with an ultimate goal of doubling the main spillway’s release