Utility Portland General Electric is taking over completion, with new contractors, of a 440-MW natural-gas-fired powerplant in Oregon after declaring the estimated $515-million project’s Spanish-owned builder in default.
The “1,000-year” flood that wreaked havoc on South Carolina infrastructure last October took many residents and politicians by surprise, but Christy A. Hall spent a career getting ready for it.
Infusion for Abengoa will cover salaries and operations as it pushes to avoid bankruptcy, but the firm is no longer the contractor for $514-million Oregon power plant project
A new report from an environmental advocacy group criticizes the slow pace of environmental cleanups under the chronically underfunded Superfund program, which turned 35 on Dec. 11.
The Spanish renewable-energy giant Abengoa, which applied for preliminary creditor protection in November, is laying off staff and halting some operations, a company spokeswoman tells ENR.
Following French media speculation, France’s third-largest contractor Eiffage named Benoît de Ruffray as chairman and CEO on Dec. 9, replacing Pierre Berger, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Oct. 23 at age 47.
When he was Federal Transit Administration chief, Peter M. Rogoff in 2009 OK’d $813 million in federal grants to Seattle-area rail agency Sound Transit to boost construction of a regional light-rail line.
RailWorks Corp., a New York City-based rail and transit contractor, has named Greg Muldoon Interim CEO. He replaces Jeffrey M. Levy, who has left the firm.
In a competition that involved at least a dozen global contenders, Milan-based Salini Impregilo has emerged as the apparent winner in its bid to acquire Lane Industries Inc., a major U.S. transportation contractor, as the Italian firm seeks to boost its position in a U.S. market set to grow with soon-to-be-enacted highway funding legislation and more equity financing.
