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Canada To Build First Cross-Country EV Charging Network

March 6, 2019

Canada is on track to have the first transcontinental electric highway, with plans announced by former state-owned energy firm Petro-Canada to roll out 50 high-powered electric vehicle charging stations along the 4,860-mile Trans-Canada highway by 2020.

The American Infrastructure

California High-Speed Rail Authority Plans Response To Feds' Funding Threat

Aileen Cho

February 26, 2019

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Government wants to withhold $929 million as Newsom vows a fight

Infrastructure Funding

New Spending Package Has Mixed Results for Federal Construction Programs

Measure reflects Year Two of budget pact's infrastructure boost—over 2017

Tom Ichniowski

February 20, 2019

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Highway funding fares well in fiscal 2019 shutdown-ending package, other programs pared.

Kiewit, Flatiron, SNC-Lavalin Short-Listed for Big Vancouver-Area Span

Pattullo Bridge replacement construction begins later in 2019

Richard Korman

February 18, 2019

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The field narrows for a $1.4-bilion, design-build-finance contract award.

Extreme Construction

Chinese Contractors Take Technological Plunge For Island-Hopping Roadway

Scott Blair

February 14, 2019

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Chinese contractors take the plunge into prefab and BIM for island-hopping roadway

Infrastructure Talks Continue on Capitol Hill, But No Action Yet

Tom Ichniowski

February 13, 2019

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When Rep. Peter DeFazio, the new House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, opened his panel’s first infrastructure hearing in the new Congress, he tapped some buttons on his phone and, on purpose, set off what sounded like a warning klaxon.

Fourth Fatality on I-4 Revamp Adds to Skanska's P3 Woes

Scott Judy

February 13, 2019

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The news of a fourth fatality on the I-4 Ultimate project in Orlando, Fla., is surely increasing the pressure on SGL Constructors, the Skanska-led joint venture contractor leading the $2.3-billion project.

$334M Revamp Set for JFK Airport's Terminal 8

February 13, 2019

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American Airlines and British Airways will invest $344 million in the renovation and expansion of Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

Minn. Contractor Facing Big Penalties on Iowa Project

February 13, 2019

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Repeated delays with the I-35-U.S. Route 30 interchange project could cost Harmony, Minn.-based Minnowa Construction Inc. more than $800,000 in penalties, according to the Iowa Dept. of Transportation.

Concrete Firm To Pay $1M To Settle Charges of False Records on Dulles Rail Project

Bruce Buckley

February 6, 2019

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Universal Concrete Products and its president and co-owner, Donald Faust Jr., will pay $1 million to settle civil allegations that the firm falsified test records for concrete panels installed on Phase II of the $2.7-billion Dulles Metrorail Project.