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Transportation

DC Metrorail Track Maintenance Faces More Scrutiny

FTA report calls for more inspectors, improved training

Jim Parsons

August 11, 2016

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NTSB report on July 31 derailment says deteriorated ties, loose or missing components probably caused rails to shift.

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.

Building Foundations

Sinking San Francisco Skyscraper Riles Residents

Millenium Tower is the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western U.S.

JT Long

August 10, 2016

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The 645-ft Millennium Tower—the tallest reinforced concrete structure in the Western United States—is sinking and tilting, and the building owner places the blame squarely on the adjacent Transbay Transit Center project.

Risk Management

A First Step Toward Predicting Deadly Construction Accidents

The Construction Industry Institute showcases a new safety tool

Richard Korman

August 10, 2016

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After years of successful work in limiting injuries, big industrial owners and contractors are recognizing the need to shift more effort to the stubbornly persistent problem of fatalities.

Will Global Firms Be Part Of $580 Million Gaza Barrier Project?

Neal Sandler

August 10, 2016

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Security risks and geopolitical issues are expected to prevent non-Israeli companies from participating in an Israeli Defense Ministry project to build a 60-kilometer barrier designed to prevent and monitor Hamas tunneling, according to knowledgeable Israeli sources.

Flint Water Crisis: Not Fixed, Moving Forward

Mike Anderson

August 10, 2016

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In a mostly conciliatory address in which she repeatedly thanked those who have reached out to her beleaguered city during the “shocking and unprecedented” water crisis, the mayor of Flint, Mich., did take aim at Washington in her first State of the City speech.

Contractors Seek $23 Million Over Wind Power Port Scope Gaps

Scott Van Voorhis

August 10, 2016

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As it searches for new tenants for a $113-million port terminal in New Bedford, Mass., that was set to stage huge turbines for the now-halted Cape Wind offshore wind project, a state agency faces a $23-million breach-of-contract lawsuit from the 28-acre facility’s two key contractors, Cashman Dredging and Marine Co. and Weeks Marine Inc., over scope deficiencies.

$1 Billion Project To Put Wind Beneath Iowa Utility's Wings

Thomas F. Armistead

August 10, 2016

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One of the largest single investments in Alliant Energy’s multiyear plan to create cleaner and more efficient ways to generate electricity will be a $1-billion expansion of an Iowa wind farm, adding 500 MW of capacity to the 200 MW now in place.