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Spanish Firm FCC Bids Abroad As Home Workload Slows

August 24, 2016

The Aug. 7 completion of the world’s largest concrete-arch railroad bridge, which reaches 384 meters, at the Alcantara reservoir in western Spain adds another link in the nation’s big and growing high-speed network.

Bechtel’s Brief

Haunted by Grim Statistics on Megaprojects

A call by Brendan Bechtel to improve schedule and cost performance

August 24, 2016

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Brendan Bechtel, soon to be chief executive of the engineering and construction company that bears his family’s name, sounded an alarm about the industry’s performance on megaprojects with words as plainly spoken as any you will hear at a conference.

Public-Private Partnerships

When Toll Road Traffic Flows Fall Short

Bankruptcy of Texas’ first public-private highway venture puts focus on user projections

Jim Parsons

Debra K. Rubin

August 24, 2016

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Bankruptcy of Texas’ first public-private highway venture puts focus on user projections.

Risk Management

How a Lapse and Missing Bolts Led to an Ironworker's Death

Report shows how apparent miscommunication led to fatal 2015 Massachusetts hoist accident

Johanna Knapschaefer

August 19, 2016

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A field crew assumed missing bolts were in place in last year's accident in Massachusetts.

Water Quality

Lack of Wastewater Treatment Puts Black Eye on Rio Olympics

Challenges in Brazil—including connections to sewer lines—has made progress difficult

Pam Hunter McFarland Augusto Diniz

August 17, 2016

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The 2016 Summer Olympics boating and swimming events have put an international spotlight on a long-running problem in Rio de Janeiro—untreated sewage and trash are clogging up bays and waterways.

HASSELL + OMA Design Revealed for Western Australia Museum

Construction set to begin late this year on the $320.5-million Perth project

Nadine M. Post

August 15, 2016

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Risk Management

How Does the Rio Olympics Construction Measure Up?

Despite fanfare, Olympic Games are still costly and challenging engineering projects

Augusto Diniz

Tudor Van Hampton

August 12, 2016

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The construction industry continues to study the multiyear buildup of the Rio Olympics as a costly and challenging engineering project that provides lessons for future cities hosting large programs such as the Summer Games.

The Top 200 Environmental Firms: Revenue Resurges

Meeting needs and mandates generates more work, despite market challenges

Debra K. Rubin Bruce Buckley

August 11, 2016

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The unfolding U.S. government change, and economic and political turmoil elsewhere, did not curb spending on environmental work; will GDPs soon depend on water assets?

Sustainability

The Top 100 Green Designers and Contractors: New Standards Beyond Buildings

Shifting notions of sustainability have firms and their clients struggling to keep up.

Gary J. Tulacz

August 11, 2016

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The market for sustainable design and construction continues to grow apace with the healthy overall market.

Road Design

How Florida Infrastructure Investment Is Forging a Fruitful Future

Planning process for Florida's $1.6 billion Wekiva Parkway may guide future visions

Scott Judy

August 11, 2016

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When Mark Callahan looks back on the arduous but successful seven-year effort of managing the project development and environment study for the $1.6-billion Wekiva Parkway, he gives credit to an unlikely group—environmentalists who once opposed it.