The newly enacted $2-trillion stimulus package to ease the impact of the coronavirus outbreak has benefits for engineering and construction firms—and their client companies—through provisions for small-business loans and tax breaks, plus some funding.
Chris Teetor, director of operations for DE Storage, which builds storage units, mobile homes and other properties across Delaware, needed 800 cu yd of clay material typically used for berms in ponds.
Denver Water is planning to raise Gross Dam in Boulder by 131 ft to a final height of 471 ft, increasing storage capacity from 41,811 acre-feet to about 119,000 acre-feet.
President Donald Trump says he backs legislation to launch a mammoth infrastructure investment program, in a follow-up bill to the new Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (see p. 8).