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North Plains Connector from South Dakota to Montana would enable shared power and more system reliability for large US grids, but transmission experts decry big gaps in "planning, permitting and paying."   

Progressive design-build may be part of the solution to avoiding losses, claims and litigation.

Firms, GE Hitachi and Ontario Power will build the 300-MW plant under a single collaborative agreement to avoid potential delays and cost overruns, said Ken Hartwick, utility president and CEO.

Why are the Windy City's concrete prices rising faster than those in other urban locations?

Purchase of Asia-Pacific assets of Perth contractor Clough “guarantees the continuity" of firm projects and employment for 1,100 employees, says the Italy-based buyer.

But even with emerging cost risks, New York's latest wind procurement that seeks up to 4.6 GW attracted a record 100 proposals from six wind developers, including one that awarded Skanska USA on Feb. 7 a CM contract for a planned $250M assembly hub at a Brooklyn marine terminal.

Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's "How Big Things Get Done" stems from Flyvbjerg's work at Oxford University studying megaprojects.

Lancaster-Tully-led partnership beats two teams for $296-million contract, but start is unclear as state court injunction won by project opponents halts work execution.

Fabio Pires, 31, an electrical engineer and union operating mechanic died last year after sustaining severe burns, but the Massachusetts firm disputes agency conclusions in proposing total of five serious and willful violations against it.

Bid protest by losing firm SLSCO Ltd. was upheld by federal claims court judge, but Naval Facilities Engineering Command response to further contract execution remains unclear.