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Infrastructure Funding

Bridges to Prosperity Changes Lives One Village at a Time

None of the projects the writer has visited has had a greater impact on the community

Janice L. Tuchman

July 19, 2016

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Just my luck that the first international board meeting I attended for Bridges to Prosperity included the opening ceremonies at 11,500 ft in the mountains of Bolivia.

Hawaii Utility's Failed Merger Puts $860M Gas-Fired Project in Limbo

State regulators rejected the deal between Hawaiian Electric and NextEra

Mary B. Powers

July 18, 2016

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State regulators on July 15 rejected the deal between Hawaiian Electric and NextEra—a deal in play since 2014.

Risk Management

End Bias in Big Construction Project Predictions

Could game theory provide a better result than Bayes Theorem?

Thom Neff

July 18, 2016

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Infrastructure planners and builders need to rethink how they approach and compute uncertainty and risk.

Risk Management

Las Vegas Arena Contractors Say Insurance Program Cost Savings Never Materialized

Lawsuit claims Aon is at fault for expensive mistake in wrap-up program

Scott Van Voorhis

July 17, 2016

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Did the wrap-up insurance program add to costs instead of saving money?

International Trade

US, Canada To Keep Trying To Reach Lumber Agreement

Obama, Trudeau say negotiators will engage in "intensive" effort to strike deal in the fall

July 15, 2016

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During standstill period ending on Oct. 12, the two sides will refrain from filing trade complaints against each other.

Femern Fever

COWI Ready to Start Heavy Design Work on World's Longest Immersed-Tube Tunnel

Peter Reina

July 13, 2016

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The signing of large infrastructure contracts usually is followed by hectic activity.

The Top 225 International Design Firms

Oil Prices Spur Engineering and Architecture Market Downturn

Design work in the global energy sector sagged and brought an economic slowdown

Gary J. Tulacz

Peter Reina

July 13, 2016

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The slowdown has international designers scrambling.

US DOT Awards $759M in FASTLANE Grants

Jim Parsons

July 13, 2016

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Eighteen highway and freight projects are in line to share $759 million in grants under a new U.S. Dept. of Transportation program that aims to help streamline the movement of vehicles and freight across a range of surface-transportation modes.

Searching Questions on New Nukes

Thomas F. Armistead

July 13, 2016

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In a power-generation market buffeted by cheap natural gas, increasingly cheap wind and solar energy, demands for carbon-free fuels, environmental regulations, distributed energy resources, advances in energy storage and other innovations and changes, what role can nuclear energy play?

FAA Stopgap Freezes Construction Grants at 2016 Level

Tom Ichniowski

July 13, 2016

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A stopgap Federal Aviation Administration authorization has been moving rapidly through Congress, as lawmakers seek to avert a cutoff of new FAA airport construction grants.