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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?

Engineering and Architecture

The Top 500 Design Firms: Market Poised for Takeoff

Design firms are ready for a sprint in an expanding marketplace

Gary J. Tulacz

April 26, 2017

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Major design firms are ready for the Trump administration’s funding and tax proposals to take shape and translate into projects

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.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of April 24, 2017

April 25, 2017

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Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics for the Week of April 24, 2017

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

State Dept. Plans 6 More Embassy Contracts This Year

Tom Ichniowski

April 12, 2017

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The State Dept. is pushing forward with its embassy construction program, expecting to award contracts this year to build four new facilities and renovate two others.