Some of the technologies being developed with the grants, ranging from subsurface sensors to microtunneling robots, could have construction applications beyond grid projects.
New drilling problems revealed Jan. 29 on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Alberta and British Columbia could cause added startup delay, two weeks after it finally won critical variance.
The Osage Nation wants the complete removal of the wind farm, power lines and infrastructure, which could cost the energy company upwards of $300 million.
The project delivery approach is not always the optimum one, said speakers at the Transportation Research Board forum, which focuses on sector improvement and recently concluded in Washington, D.C.