John F. Kennedy International Airport’s multibillion-dollar redevelopment program is underway with the recent groundbreaking of the pared-down $1.5 billion Terminal 4 expansion and renovation project.
The construction of two Mississippi River diversions in Louisiana will create 447 construction jobs and provide $28.7 million in construction earnings, according to a new study on the economic impact of the planned $1.15-billion Mid-Barataria and $700-million Mid-Breton sediment projects in Plaquemines Parish.
For years, scientists have warned of the potentially dire consequences of earthquake-induced levee failures in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in northern California, but now a team of engineers from Southern California is testing the unusual soils used to build and support the levees to model performance during a quake.
