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International projects

Cost Revealed for Troubled Bridge Over London Waters

$69 million spent on Garden Bridge and nothing to show for it

February 14, 2019

London Mayor Sadiq Khan scrapped Thomas Heatherwick's green span design in 2017, declining to underwrite long-term maintenance costs.

Companies

SNC-Lavalin Grows Europe Base As Corporate Pressures Mount

Peter Reina

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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The Montreal design-build giant's unfolding legal, financial and political issues globally now embroil Canada's prime minister; will CEO Neil Bruce clarify strategy in a Feb. 22 Q4 results call?

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

Executive News

New State DOT Chiefs Face Tougher Times

Debra K. Rubin

February 14, 2019

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Kansas Democrat Laura Kelly taps a Burns & McDonnell female exec; NYU engineering school names new construction innovation hub leads.

In Bankruptcy, Utility PG&E Faces Big Spend to Cut Fire Risks

Mary B. Powers

February 13, 2019

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California utility giant details 2019 plan for boosted infrastructure and technology—and controversial expanded blackouts—to respond to and prevent devastating wildfires in its huge service area.

Puerto Rico Utility Proposes Eight Minigrids to Run the Island

Pam Radtke Russell

February 13, 2019

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Puerto Rico’s electric grid would be divided into eight minigrids that could run independently of one another in the event of a hurricane or other natural disaster.

Three Wave Energy Developers Ready to Test Devices in Hawaii

Johanna Knapschaefer

February 13, 2019

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Fabrication of a giant barge-like wave energy device is underway in Portland, Ore., in preparation for testing in Hawaii this summer.

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.

Katrina Flooded a Kids' Museum. Now They're Building Back for Resilience

Pam Radtke Russell

February 13, 2019

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New site for the Louisiana Children’s Museum presents multiple challenges.

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.