Officials in Maryland paved the way last week for what they are calling the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind projects. The Maryland Public Service Commission granted offshore wind renewable energy credits, otherwise known as ORECs, to two proposed wind projects with a combined value of $2.09 billion. 

KCI Technologies Inc. was selected by ENR MidAtlantic as the region’s Design Firm of the Year. 

The June 19 issue of ENR MidAtlantic will feature the annual rankings of the region’s Top Designer Firms. 

In the days before a large fire closed Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge for 24 days in September, crews working on the $80-million bridge rehabilitation squelched two minor fires, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration documents obtained by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette under the Freedom of Information Act.    

ENR’s editors selected Douglas Development Corp. as this year’s MidAtlantic Owner of the Year. 

ENR MidAtlantic will publish some of the top 2016 starts in our April issue based on Dodge Data & Analytics as well other sources, including past ENR issues. Below is a preliminary list of 25 of those top starts listed in alphabetical order. 

After playing in 56-year-old RFK stadium since 1996, and withstanding years of starts-and-stops on its stadium proposal, D.C. United has become the latest Major League Soccer team to win the right to build its own soccer-specific facility.