Water Infrastructure House Passes Bill to Unlock Harbor Trust Fund Surplus Tom Ichniowski October 29, 2019 No Comments If appropriators follow through, the measure is expected to allow increased spending on port dredging projects.Read More
Environment TBM Makes First Thames Tideway Breakthrough Project on schedule for 2022 completion, but already 8% over budget Peter Reina October 28, 2019 No Comments Thames sewer overflow prevention effort cost is now $4.9 billion.Read More
Research Facility Geneva Physicists Look to Future, But Their Tunnels Are Being Built Now CERN's Large Hadron Collider is in shutdown mode while a billion-dollar retrofit takes place Michael Dumiak October 25, 2019 No Comments In order to get new instruments and power train into the collider loop, engineers are constructing two new shafts, 10 m in diameter and 60 m deep.Read More
Company Results Granite Construction Takes Another Quarter Hit Linked to Project Issues Erica Berardi Debra K. Rubin October 25, 2019 No Comments Heavy civil job disputes are key in net income down 60% from year earlier and missed revenue; firm now pushing to "de-risk" large project portfolio.Read More
Viewpoint Avoid the Pain Points in Trump Tariffs Kenneth Rubinstein Gregory L. Silverman October 25, 2019 No Comments Contractors and owners need to structure contracts to manage against project cost hike surprises.Read More
ENR Mountain States Best Projects 2019 Intermountain Project of the Year, Best Energy/Industrial, Excellence in Safety: Olmsted Hydroelectric Power Plant Nancy Kristof October 24, 2019 No Comments Building a new hydroelectric power plant at the mouth of an isolated canyon was no easy task.Read More
ENR Southeast's 2019 Best Projects Project of the Year: Vandy Builders Earn A+ for Collaboration Jim Parsons October 24, 2019 One Comment This year’s Southeast Project of the Year is a showcase of meticulous design and construction practicesRead More
Real-World Users Point the Way Towards Digital Transformation at Bentley Conference Scott Blair Tom Sawyer Janice L. Tuchman October 24, 2019 No Comments Hundreds of software users gathered to compare notes on application of digital twin technology at the annual user conference in October in Singapore.Read More
Southeast's 2019 Best Projects Shine With Stellar Results Scott Judy October 23, 2019 No Comments A surge in entries nets an impressive lineup of award winnersRead More
With Lithium-Ion Batteries, Fire Hazard Remains Unsolved Thomas F. Armistead October 23, 2019 No Comments Six months after an explosion and fire destroyed a grid-connected energy-storage battery facility in Surprise, Ariz., investigators are still trying to figure out all that happened. Read More