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Dam Safety

Experts Identify Preliminary Causes for Oroville Dam Spillway Failure

Why trouble hit the main chute of the nation's tallest dam

JT Long

May 12, 2017

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Design, maintenance and natural causes among possible problems with huge California dam.

Project Finance

Report Questions Planned Canada Infrastructure Bank

Scott Van Voorhis

May 10, 2017

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Critical review prefers country's own borrowing, but others say public-private finance spreads project risk.

Nuclear Safety

Tunnel Collapse at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site Prompts Emergency Declaration

No evidence exists that radiation was released

Tim Newcomb

May 9, 2017

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Incident at the 1960s-era former plutonium production site caused no radiation emission, officials said.

Safety

After Fatal House Explosion, Colorado Seeks New Pipeline Regulations

State oil and gas oversight agency scrambling to keep up with regulatory directives

Mark Shaw

May 9, 2017

G. John Hickenlooper has ordered that all abandoned oil and gas pipelines be marked, cut 3 ft below the surface and capped.

Construction Industry Ethics

How a Conflict Issue Forced CH2M to Cede Big Rail Job to Bechtel

The episode has prompted a UK rail agency to change its vetting system

Peter Reina

May 5, 2017

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The program management contract for $32-billion project goes to runner-up.

Pollution Control

Fla. Governor Is Set to OK $1.5-B Everglades Reservoir

Thomas F. Armistead

May 4, 2017

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The reservoir will provide up to 360,000 acre-ft of storage for excess water from Lake Okeechobee.

Trump’s First 100 Days

Construction Asks: 'Where's the Infrastructure Program?'

May 3, 2017

Trump's executive orders so far are his most effective tool, but the infrastructure 'plan' remains a mystery.

Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Failure

Mary B. Powers

May 3, 2017

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is working to determine what caused the structural supports of a refurbished condenser to fail and how best to repair the damage at the newly commissioned Watts Bar 2 nuclear unit on the Tennessee River.

Justice Dept. Sets Large Fine For Substandard Nuclear Rebar

May 3, 2017

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The Justice Dept. on April 24 announced that Tucker, Ga.-based Energy & Process Corp. has agreed to pay $4.6 million over the government’s allegations the company knowingly provided reinforcing steel to the mixed oxide fuel fabrication (MOX) facility that did not meet standards for nuclear construction.

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

May 3, 2017

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Swaminathan “Vasan” Srinivasan has been elevated to president of Terracon Consultants Inc. from chief operating officer.

How to Participate in Upcoming ENR Market Surveys and Competitions

Surety Manager Who Sent Out Bond Claim Payments to Himself Is Sentenced

Court Halts Takedown of Oklahoma Wind Project Ordered by Year End

House Passes Continuing Resolution With Cuts to Construction Spending

Leading Construction Chiefs Launch Effort to Tackle Industry Suicide Rate

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