Seven of the nine planned contract packages will either be under construction or in procurement by the end of the year.

The storm weakened to a Category 3 intensity by the time it made landfall, but tornados spurred by the weather killed at least five people.

'Outrageously successful" scheme netted $14 million, say prosecutors.

The facility would accommodate commercial traffic crossing into the U.S. in Douglas, Ariz., relieving an aging facility nearby.

Original contractor Saudi Binladin Group is set to resume work on the Jeddah Tower and scheduled to complete construction in 42 months.

Projects selected by the U.S. Dept. of Energy would add nearly 1,000 miles of transmission development and 7,100 MW of capacity in Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Pioneering civil engineer, whose early focus on megaproject risk management and arbitration made her an asset on global works, had a cancer diagnosis, says her firm Pegasus-Global Holdings Inc.

The International Longshoremen’s Association halts work at East and Gulf coast ports, potentially impacting construction materials and equipment.

President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared more than 200 sq miles including the facility to be a protected natural area.