A combination of economics, technological advances and rapid change in the electricity business has halted a Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) project to construct a 400-MW pumped-storage hydroelectric project.
During a weekend shutdown of U.S. Route 101 in Los Angeles, crews began demolition of the 3,500-ft-long Sixth Street Viaduct to prep for the construction of a $449-million replacement.
A report released on Feb. 4 by Dodge Data & Analytics ranks the New York City metropolitan area as both the largest and fastest-growing metro area in the nation for construction, with $35 billion in new starts during 2015, a 66% increase over 2014.