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Intrusion-Detection System Protects Workers and Trains

Luke Abaffy

September 14, 2016

In an effort to prevent train accidents on a new $2.3-billion, 10-mile-long extension line in San Francisco, the Berryessa-Valley Transportation Authority/Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) team is installing a railroad intrusion-detection system (RIDS) that uses warning devices originally developed for protecting shipping ports from break-ins.

Ellis Island Makeover Guru John Belle Dies; Sweco Names Holland Chief

Debra K. Rubin

September 14, 2016

Eugene Grüter has joined Swedish design firm Sweco as president of its Netherlands-based unit.

TVA Is Pleased with Response to Call for Bids to Buy Mothballed Nuclear Site

September 14, 2016

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it is pleased with the response to its request for bids to buy the partially completed Bellefonte nuclear-power site in Alabama.

Renewable Energy

Enhanced Geothermal To Be Focus Under $29-Million Award

Thomas F. Armistead

September 13, 2016

The Dept. of Energy’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) effort has entered Phase 2 with DOE’s announcement of a $29-million investment in enhanced geothermal systems.

Renewable Energy

DOE Funds Enhanced Geothermal Systems Development

Thomas F. Armistead

September 13, 2016

Two teams—one at Sandia National Laboratories in Fallon, Nev., the other at the University of Utah in Milford, Utah—will share $29 million.

Risk Management

Indictment Details Embezzlement Charges Against City Engineer

L.A. County prosecutor provides new information about redirected cash refunds in Santa Clarita

September 7, 2016

The funds allegedly embezzled came to more than a half million dollars.

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Blog: Public-Private Partnerships

Indiana Warns I-69 Section's Concessionaire: Pay Contractors Now

Stories about unpaid contractors began surfacing earlier this year

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September 7, 2016

Indiana has had two P3 bankruptcies within two years.

Chinese-Austrian Consortium Will Build $2.7-Billion Zimbabwe Road Expansion

September 6, 2016

Part of the 917-km highway will be delivered through a 20-year concessionaire agreement

Construction Materials

G-20 Leaders Back Forum To Address Steel Overcapacity

Participants in envisioned international meeting to report findings in 2017

September 6, 2016

U.S. industry-sponsored report says world capacity exceeds demand by more than 50%.

Construction Economics

Construction August Jobless Rate Down from 2015, Up from July

Industry shed 6,000 jobs as non-residential's losses outweighed residential's gains

Tom Ichniowski

September 2, 2016

BLS reports industry's August rate dips to 5.1% from year-earlier 6.1% but rises from July's 4.5%

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