Texas & Louisiana Construction News

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Texas High-Speed Rail Proposal Receives Two Key FRA Approvals

Jim Parsons

September 21, 2020

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The approvals provide some welcome momentum for Texas Central, which earlier this year paused its plans and laid off more than two dozen employees as a result of the coronavirus pandemic’s disruptive effects on global financial markets.

Construction Accidents

16 Hospitalized After Crane Collision in Austin, Texas

Louise Poirier

September 16, 2020

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Despite a number of injuries, no fatalities or life-threatening injuries have been reported after two cranes collided above an Austin job site on Wednesday morning.

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Natural Disasters

Rebuilding Power Grid in Louisiana After Hurricane Laura Becomes Major Infrastructure Effort

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

September 4, 2020

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All nine transmission lines that deliver power to the Lake Charles, La., area were knocked out of service during the hurricane.

Natural Disasters

Laura Deals Blow to Louisiana's Electric Grid

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Louise Poirier

September 1, 2020

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Damage assessments continue amid access issues in some of the hardest hit parts of the state's southwestern area.

Court Halts Opponents' Block to Nearly Done $2B Texas Natural Gas Line

Mary B. Powers

August 30, 2020

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Sierra Club failed to make case that Permian Highway line poses a definitive threat of environmental harm, said Austin judge in rejecting restraining order.

Workers' Bodies Are Finally Removed from Collapsed New Orleans Hotel

Autumn Cafiero Giusti

August 18, 2020

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Bodies had been trapped in rubble since Oct. 12, when upper-floors of the 18-story Hard Rock hotel collapsed, killing three site workers.

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Water Resources

$250M Corps Dredging Project Will Deepen Lower Mississippi River

Louise Poirier

August 6, 2020

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Plan calls for deepening the river from Baton Rouge to the Gulf to 50 ft., from 45 ft. now.

Texas & Louisiana City Scoop: Construction Starts in New Orleans

July 27, 2020

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Dodge offers data on projected 2020 construction starts in the New Orleans area.

Texas & Louisiana City Scoop: Construction Starts in Houston

July 27, 2020

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Dodge offers data on projected 2020 construction starts in the Houston area.

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Texas & Louisiana On the Scene: August 2020

July 27, 2020

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Reports from key industry events across the Texas and Louisiana region.

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Sept 21, 2020

A panel of industry judges reviewed a record number of entries to select 30 winning projects located in 21 countries on six continents. Colón, Panama’s urban renewal, providing modernized, safe and livable infrastructure for the country’s second-largest city, was chosen as ENR’s Global Project of the Year.

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