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Infrastructure Finance

Maryland Stormwater Tunnel Project Gets $75M EPA Loan Boost

James leggate
James Leggate
May 25, 2022
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Kiewit-Traylor Brothers joint venture is CM-at-risk for the project, a key component of a $167M flood resilience program in Ellicott City.
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Resilience

Virginia Beach, Va., Plans $567M in Flood Protection Projects

James leggate
James Leggate
March 30, 2022
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City officials are inviting contractors to a virtual industry day to share details about available work.



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Corps Pulls Support for Massive Mississippi Valley Pumps Project

Autumn Cafiero Giusti
December 16, 2021
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The project would have provided the last piece of the Yazoo Backwater Project, which was first authorized in 1941.
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Corps Names Team on Port Arthur Hurricane Flood Protection Project

Louise poirier
Louise Poirier
November 6, 2020
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The U.S. Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7 have brought on a joint venture of Freese and Nichols, COWI and CDM Smith (FCC-JV) to part of an $863 million effort to improve hurricane flood protection—levees and floodwalls—for a 65-square-mile area that includes Port Arthur, Texas, and adjacent communities.


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Building Materials

Flood-Protection Manufacturer Sees Need for Custom Designs

Jeff rubenstone
Jeff Rubenstone
July 28, 2020
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Flood design is often reduced to meeting federal and local regulations, but some engineers want more bespoke solutions to keep buildings dry


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Commentary on Sea-Level Rise

Small Fixes Are Best for Boston Harbor Resilience

Wayne Cobleigh
October 3, 2018
One Comment

If you were hoping for a silver-bullet, big-infrastructure solution to save Greater Boston from the impact of rising sea levels, a major study coordinated by University of Massachusetts Boston’s Sustainable Solutions Lab released in the spring may have come as disappointing news.


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Rising Challenge

Seattle Rebuilds Seawalls With an Eye Toward the Future

Tim newcomb
Tim Newcomb
August 10, 2017
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When Seattle looked to rebuild its 100-year-old Elliott Bay seawall in the downtown, planners knew it had to be stronger and better, but it didn’t necessarily have to be taller.


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Rising Challenge

Short-Term Fixes Fight Erosive Forces Along N.C. Coastline

Jim parsons
Jim Parsons
August 10, 2017
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For nearly a century, oceanside communities, particularly those along the Atlantic, have used beach nourishment to safeguard buildings and infrastructure from the erosive forces of waves and tidal action.


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Rising Challenge

Seeking New Solutions to Charleston's Age-Old Flooding Problem

Jim parsons
Jim Parsons
August 10, 2017
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Flooding from rising sea levels is nothing new to South Carolina’s largest city. In the 1830s, the mayor offered a $100 gold medal to anyone who could come up with a solution. No one ever did.


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Project Delivery

Why Dallas Called for Do-Over On Big Drainage Tunnel Project

An audit followed disqualification of Odebrecht Construction's low bid on Trinity River watershed job
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Richard Korman
July 6, 2016
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After discarding both the low and second-low bids, the city of Dallas has decided to start over with a competition for a big drainage-tunnel prime contract in the Trinity River watershed in the east section of the city.
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