After a slow start, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation is stepping up its work in distributing funding from the $305-billion, five-year Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act to state and local agencies.
As the California High Speed Rail Authority executes multiple contracts for California’s $62.1-billion high-speed-rail line, crews are making headway on the initial 100 miles of track.
The recent death of Robert Ebeling, the former Morton-Thiokol engineer who went public with some of the regrets he suffered in the 30 years since the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, presents all engineers with an opportunity to reflect on the importance of what they do.
More than 150 institutions have announced plans to boost U.S. water infrastructure in collaboration with the Obama administration’s efforts to address water challenges.
As construction industry groups await a Supreme Court ruling in a narrowly focused Clean Water Act case, they also are seeking clues as to how the justices may view a much more important matter that has not yet come before them—an expected frontal challenge to a wide-ranging U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Army Corps of Engineers regulation governing federal jurisdiction over the “waters of the United States.”
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