Management of California contractor C.C. Myers Inc. has been ordered to appear in Sacramento County Superior Court in October after two lawsuits were filed against the company last week for breach of contract for not paying subcontractors on projects in Contra Costa and Sonoma counties.
Removal of four dams on the Klamath River in California by 2020 will close the book on one of the most intractable issues in Western environmental management.
Dominion Virginia Power has progressed on its plan to build what will be the first wind research turbines in U.S. waters by breaking the project’s EPC contract into four smaller packages, utility officials said on April 7.
The largest-ever infrastructure investment in Israel’s history—possibly $10 billion—has been halted and could face delay of at least a year following a March 27 domestic court ruling that rejected the framework for the U.S.- Israeli developers of the Leviathan offshore gas field.
Mittie Cannon, director of workforce development for Alabama-based contractor Robins & Morton, has a solution to attract more young women to construction as a career—draw in their mothers, too.
A final rule requiring employers to monitor and substantially reduce worker exposures to breathable crystalline silica—otherwise known as silica dust—will save more than 600 lives annually and protect the health of thousands of others, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and a number of labor unions that support the rule.
More work on the $26-billion Hinkley Point C reactor hinges on a French government decision in May; project developers say it is "well-prepared" to proceed.