States are scrambling to site small modular nuclear reactors under development and funded by $452 million in federal grants; four design concepts have been submitted by companies.
Photo by Bruce Damonte Under public pressure, the developer enhanced the form of a scaled-back Barclays Center arena. Related Links: Reshaping of Barclays Center Arena Made Possible By Collaboration, Digital Tools Developer Gambles on Modular High-Rise for Atlantic Yards Sports Village Brooklyn Basketball Arena Nears Final Buzzer Fifteen years ago, the 22-acre plot for the $4.9-billion Atlantic Yards sports village in Brooklyn, N.Y., was an eyesore. For more than 20 years, drug dealers, gangs and prostitutes had populated the neighborhood. Many buildings were vacant. "Blighted Brooklyn" was a more fitting moniker than the familiar "Brownstone Brooklyn."Now, crime is down, and
Opportunity knocked for SHoP Architects on July 2, 2009. On that Thursday, Bruce C. Ratner, the beleaguered developer of the controversial Atlantic Yards sports village planned for Brooklyn, N.Y., made an offer that any architect would be crazy to turn down but almost as crazy to accept.
Related Links: Rooftops Slowly, but Steadily, Start to Sprout Green Roofs for Healthy Cities Green roofs are gaining acceptance in dozens of countries, joining other forms of green infrastructure that are being used to mitigate environmental problems of urban centers.For example, vegetated roofs “are very good at managing stormwater. Most extensively planted green roofs will hold the first inch of rainfall and slow any additional rainfall, thus reducing peak flows and lowering the stress on combined sewer overflows,” says Steven Peck, founder and president of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (CRHC).The group is a professional association with both corporate and
The status of a highly-showcased $3-billion bridge and road program in Bangladesh, seen as an economic driver for the impoverished nation, remains unclear after the World Bank canceled a $1.2-billion credit, citing the government’s “inadequate response” to charges of corruption on the project.
Hydropower, which accounts for 33,320.80 MW of India’s total installed power capacity of 200,000 MW, still has undeveloped potential for an estimated 36 GW, says India's Central Electricity Authority, a statutory body under the Ministry of Power.
Image Courtesy of Tohono O'odham Nation If built, the Tohono O'odham's West Valley Resort, near Glendale, Ariz., will include a hotel, convention space and a casino. Related Links: Arizona Governor Trumps Tribe A bill written to block construction of a resort-casino near Glendale, Ariz., could face an uphill battle in the Senate. Passed by the House on June 19, the measure is the latest move by the project's opponents—including the city of Glendale, Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) and regional tribes with competing gaming establishments—to halt the estimated $184-million project.The resort-casino was to be built on a 54-acre site purchased in
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