Qatar Petroleum, a state-owned Qatar company, has for the second time been picked as preferred bidder for the construction of a $2-billion oil refinery in Tunisia’s port of Skhira.
Aided by a presidential extension of Build America Bonds—and, somewhat ironically, by the recession—the $2.5-billion widening of the New Jersey Turnpike in the middle of the Garden State has reached its halfway point, with an average $1 million worth of construction occurring every day.
A rising cost estimate for Mississippi Power's integrated gasification combined-cycle project has rattled the state's utility regulators, but the Southern Co. subsidiary is standing firm on its plan to complete the project on which 2,000 craftsmen and other workers are now employed.
Hopes are high that a July 18 hearing in U.S. District Court in Miami will ratify the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection's permit and associated projects to improve water quality in the Everglades.
Courtesy CII-Godrej GBC The CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre in Hyderabad was one of the first commercial buildings in India to have a green roof. Courtesy CII-Godrej GBC A green roof atop British Gas House, an Indian Green Building Council platinum-rated project in Mumbai. Related Links: The 10 Largest Green Roofs India's Green Business Center Call them what you like—green roofs, sky gardens, green terraces—these vegetated patches atop buildings are gaining ground in India. Technology and climate is playing an important role in their environmental payback.Adopted primarily for their ability to mitigate the heat island effect in an urban environment,
Wastewater utilities are pleased the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a fleshed-out framework to give local governments more flexibility in managing stormwater runoff and wastewater.
Wind-induced cable vibrations caused steel diaphragm plates to fracture and fail on a 2,200-ft cable-stayed suspension bridge in Minneapolis, according to a preliminary report prepared by Northbrook, Ill.-based engineer Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, the firm the city hired to investigate the cause of the failure.
Using innovative project delivery methods, the Missouri Dept. of Transportation may complete upgrades of 800 bridges in four years—a year ahead of the planned five. But as Congress dithers on enabling long-term federal transportation funding this year, MoDOT may not be able to embark upon another major program any time soon.
Related Links: Michigan Courts Private Sector for Detroit-Windsor Crossing Michigan Measure Would Support Second Detroit Span Canadian and Michigan officials say new plans to construct a $2-billion bridge linking Windsor and Detroit won't rely on funding from Michigan taxpayers as would have a previous plan, rejected by state lawmakers.As a result, the project can proceed without approval by the Michigan Legislature, says Ken Silfven, deputy press secretary for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R).Under the plan, unveiled in June by Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada will pay up to $550 million to cover Michigan's costs on the project,
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