Enlarge ENR Chinese dam building on Tsangpo River has India concerned about water diversion impacts. India has decided to launch a detailed investigation into whether the Brahmaputra River is at serious risk for flash floods due to dams the Chinese are building on the waterway's upper reaches in the country's Tibetan region.Delhi is worried because China has built one dam on Yarlung Tsangpo, the Chinese name of the Brahmaputra, and has started on two others in what could be a five-dam package.“We are going to study all aspects of the Brahmaputra to determine the potential risks involved,” Indian Minister V.K.
Essar Steel Contractors were absent for most of 2014 from the future Essar Steel iron-ore-crushing plant, sited in Nashwauk, Minn. In Nashwauk, Minn., construction activity is bustling as workers race to pour concrete and erect steel at the first U.S. iron-ore processing facility to be owned by India’s largest steel producer, Essar Group.The project broke ground in 2008. However, recently, the jobsite had been dead for months, with the owner facing mechanics' liens from contractors and a troubled future. The situation took a positive turn in early October, when Essar reported closing a mix of private-equity and debt deals needed
Related Links: State DOTs Taking Controversial Guardrail Model Off Approved List FHWA Releases Trinity ET-Plus Guardrail End Terminal Re-testing Plan Vowing that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will “leave no stone unturned in getting to the bottom of this issue,” agency acting administrator Gregory Nadeau told reporters Nov. 12 that re-testing of the ET-Plus 4-in.-wide guardrail end device manufactured by Trinity Products will commence the week of Nov. 17 at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.The FHWA will determine by early 2015 whether the 4-in. version will “pass” or “fail.” If the latter, it will no longer be
More than 2,000 years of planning for a fixed link between Italy and the island of Sicily came tantalizingly close to fruition in 2006 when a construction contract was signed.
Photo by Pat Cashin / MTA A Signature Station Debuts After 12 years of planning and construction, one of New York City's megaprojects is officially open. The Arup-led design features a 53-ft-dia glass oculus that rises 108 ft over an atrium and a stainless-steel "sky net." Measuring 144 ft x 140 ft at street level, the three-floor complex required nine construction contracts with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Capital Construction division, with Parsons Brinckerhoff and Bovis Lend Lease LLC also managing.Chemical Maker Picks Illinois To Build $1.4B Fertilizer Plant Cronus Chemicals has selected a 235-acre site in Tuscola, Ill., over a
Engineers with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration are on track to support surface construction on the moon within a decade, says Robert P. Mueller, senior technologist in the advanced projects development in the surface systems office for engineering and technology at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Related Links: Gridlock Sam Calls for a New Transportation Formula Sam Schwartz Engineering Acquires Metro Transportation Group Move NY With midterm elections out of the way, a former New York City traffic commissioner is ramping up his call for a revamp of the New York City area's tolling system in order to increase infrastructure investment.SCHWARTZSam Schwartz, also known as "Gridlock Sam," says he and Move NY, a grass-roots advocacy group, are progressing to "launch season" and trying to garner political support for his congestion pricing plan. It would impose $5 driver tolls and 50¢ bike tolls on the free East
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