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ALICE Technologies Raises $30M in Series B Funding

AI startup expands its scheduling planning engine from preconstruction into project management

Jeff Rubenstone

June 16, 2022

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Latest funding round comes as company expands its AI scheduling platform into the construction phase.

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Flood Control

Ambitious Plan to Revitalize Los Angeles River Is Approved

Officials estimate total cost could be between $19B and $24B

C.J. Schexnayder

June 16, 2022

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Concerns remain about the plan's environmental and community impacts.

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Legal

KBR Pays $13.7M to Settle DOD Contract Breach Whistleblower Suit

Mary B. Powers

June 15, 2022

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Justice Dept. agreement resolves claims of subcontracting kickbacks and bid rigging related to firm's past LOGCAP military operations support contract in Iraq.

Construction Technology

A Call to Action on Digital Project Delivery

Annual tech conference shared what's new in robotics, digital twins and renewable energy storage solutions

Jeff Yoders

June 15, 2022

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Broaden use of digital tools, public sector managers told 2022 Future Tech attendees; jobsite robots and analytical AI drew attention at June 9-11 ENR conference

Transportation

Texas High-Speed Rail Project CEO Exits Company, Board Disbands

James Leggate

June 15, 2022

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Texas Central Partners and its plan for a high-speed rail service between Dallas and Houston await a court ruling in an eminent domain case.

Water Infrastructure

Army Corps Prepares New Loan Program for Dams

Tom Ichniowski

June 15, 2022

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The program will target only non-federally owned dams.

Ethics & Corruption

Illinois Excavation Firm Worker Convicted in $280K Fraud Scheme

Employee arranged kickbacks with local highway commissioner

Annemarie Mannion

June 15, 2022

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Employee arranged kickbacks with local highway commissioner

Record Floods Cripple Yellowstone National Park Infrastructure

Jim Parsons

June 15, 2022

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Sections of the Wyoming park's road network have been severely damaged, and in some locations, obliterated, following record flooding

Investigations

Florida Condo Collapse Probe to Begin Invasive Sample Testing

James Leggate

June 15, 2022

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National Institute of Standards and Technology investigators will take hundreds of samples from physical evidence collected at the collapse site in Surfside, Fla.