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Global contractor launches five-year link with suicide prevention foundation to reduce high number of suicide-caused deaths in construction, a "shameful statistic," said CEO Brendan Bechtel.

About $8B of proposed wind and solar projects may be at risk under the new province edict, but 500-MW Buffalo Plains onshore wind generator is set to operate by year-end.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology expects to publish a draft report on its investigation in May 2025.

Greenhouse gas cuts from already built gas-fired power plants are being addressed in a separate rulemaking, agency chief Michael Regan said, with some in Congress pushing that it be proposed by year end.

Kings Bay naval base, on the Georgia-Florida border, has been the U.S. Navy hub for nuclear ballistic missile submarines since the 1980s, says the team submission, with operations halted for the first time to enable an estimated $627M upgrade of its unique drydock and other infrastructure that was completed last year.

Attendees at the Western Winter Workshop heard lessons learned on CMAR, PDB.

A survey by broker Ames & Gough notes planned increases for the third consecutive year.

U.S. General Services Administration estimates it has more than $2 billion in unfunded environmental liabilities, with asbestos-related cleanups accounting for $1.6 billion of the total.

Light rail project in northern Washington D.C., suburbs, now five years behind its original target, needs more time and money for the team to finish the job. 

Oil and gas giant and Kosmos Energy seek “maximum recoverable damages” in binding arbitration related to subsea pipe installation for project off Africa, with speculation of a contract payment dispute.