Speculated water utilities deal is official, following federal trial halt June 5 of a $100-million claim by Stuart, Fla., which seeks to recover from chemicals firm mitigation costs to reduce contamination in its drinking water supply.
Water sector professionals met in Toronto to discuss challenges of aging infrastructure, climate change and replacement of lead and copper water service lines.
Bid protest by Atkins-Jacobs-Westinghouse competing team is key factor in megacontract dispute, but neither the judge, companies nor U.S. Energy Dept. will comment on the invalidated contract or on what will happen next.
State will enact nation-leading requirements next month to boost first floor building elevations for most
new or renovated projects that are based on
“predictive precipitation modeling” of future flood impacts, not historic
trends.
Chief of the Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council, with a track record in public procurement and private development, shares insight on how agency guides the government's behind the scenes push to expedite project approvals.