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Increased number of entries shows industry is still building outstanding projects

The National Security Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $1.2-billion design-build contract for its data center project at Camp Williams in Utah to the Balfour Beatty/DPR/Big-D joint venture.

he SuperStation project site is at the intersection of the nation’s three grids—the Eastern Interconnection, Western Interconnection and the Texas Interconnection. Once completed, it will tie the three grids together for the first time in history.

Ever since Don Quixote tilted at windmills, warfare and renewable energy have had a rough relationship. It’s tough to erect wind turbines or solar panels when the enemy keeps blowing things up. Still, Lt. Col. Brian Stevens of the Texas Army National Guard is determined to try. Stevens leads a group

With the start of the second half of 2010, it appears that experts were correct in predicting that recovery from the current recession would be a long, slow climb rather than a quick leap. Declines in project starts, which started four years ago, have created a murky marketplace complete with bidding frenzies, razor-thin profit margins and an unemployment rate over 20%. But, along with the bad, there is some good coming out of the current recession. The editors of Mountain States Construction magazine have compiled a list of 10 things that are getting better in 2010.