A Senate committee has approved an $11-billion water-resources bill authorizing funds for 27 new Army Corps of Engineers projects. But in a striking change from similar past measures, the new one has an array of drinking-water and wastewater provisions, too, including a new trust fund.
AECOM, ranked No. 1 on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms list, disrupted engineering-sector size norms when it purchased URS Corp. in 2014. Now it is moving forward in its link with mega-disruptor Elon Musk, and others, to design test tracks for his Hyperloop transportation system concept.
On Sept. 9, 2010, a 30-in.-dia, Pacific Gas & Electric-owned natural-gas pipeline exploded (above), killing eight people in a residential neighborhood of San Bruno, Calif.
Neel-Schaffer (No. 187) is the lead designer on the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s $570-million Port of Gulfport Restoration project (above), which will accommodate larger ships that will be coming through the expanded Panama Canal.
Congress is making headway on reauthorizing Federal Aviation Administration programs: The Senate approved a measure that hikes airport construction grants a solid 12% but only for one year.
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