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Toll Road in Uganda Secures Funding

EU, IFC, African Development Bank commit $400 million
Shem Oirere
February 23, 2017
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International lending agencies and the Uganda National Roads Agency putting funding in place for a $1.1-billion that would ease the flow of freight from landlocked Rwanda to the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
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Commentary

Energy Viewpoint: Evolving Action on Climate Change Accelerates to a Glacial Pace

Thomas F. Armistead
February 22, 2017
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Climate change and its causes were not much discussed during the 2016 U.S. general election, but the issue has not gone away.


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Construction Risk Management

Big Disputed Oregon Power Plant Surety Claim Inches Toward Trial

Zurich and Liberty Mutual contend that the bankrupt contractor was not properly terminated.
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Richard Korman
February 22, 2017
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Will Zurich and Liberty Mutual be compelled to pay off bond provided by a bankrupt contractor?
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Actions by Judges and Lawmakers Could Alter Contracting in California

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Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
February 21, 2017
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California high court nixes suit challenging a winning competitor's alleged failure to pay prevailing wages, while an assembly bill would make state the first to weigh carbon costs of materials in bid selection.
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NETL

City of Houston Set To Begin Work on 16.5-Mile Northeast Transmission Water Line

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Louise Poirier
February 20, 2017
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Proposals are due in March for the first segments of the Northeast Transmission Water Line, the largest line the city has built to date.


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Big U.S. Regional Grid Operator OKs $1.5 Billion in Transmission Work

Most of the PJM-authorized work will be upgrades to aging New Jersey power infrastructure
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Mary B. Powers
February 17, 2017
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Most of the PJM-authorized work will be upgrades to aging New Jersey power infrastructure.
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Infrastructure

New Coalition Backs More Federal, Private Infrastructure Dollars

Group includes U.S. Chamber, building-trade unions, manufacturers' association
Tom Ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
February 16, 2017
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Group includes U.S. Chamber, building-trade unions, manufacturers' association


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Rural States Seek Federal Funding in Infrastructure Plan

Tom Ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
February 15, 2017
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Looking ahead to President Trump’s $1-trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan, rural states are laying down a marker. Transportation officials from rural areas say public- private partnerships generally won’t help them.


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Wages

Senate Bill Would Bar Davis-Bacon on Highway Construction Projects

The building trades unions blast the proposal, but can it succeed in the Republican Congress?
John Guzzon
February 15, 2017
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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) is pushing legislation that would suspend the Davis-Bacon Act’s prevailing-wage provisions on federal highway construction contracts.


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Judge Denies Injunction To Halt Work on Dakota Access Pipeline

February 15, 2017
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Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline will continue after a federal judge on Feb. 13 denied a request from Native American tribes to halt construction of the oil pipeline.


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