The construction, engineering and fabrication issues raised by Christopher Hartz and detailed here by ENR applied to both the Plant Vogtle and V.C. Summer nuclear expansion projects.
As private and public agencies
continue to restore power to the 70% of Puerto Rico that is still without electricity, the island’s government announced it will cancel a $300-million grid-reconstruction contract with Whitefish Energy.
Construction of transportation guru Elon Musk’s planned New York-to-Washington hyperloop transit system could get its start in Maryland, following the state’s Oct. 19 grant of a conditional utility permit to build a 10.3-mile tunnel near Baltimore, but Musk’s construction firm, The Boring Co., needs other approvals to start work on the segment.
In recent weeks, President Trump has let it be known that he no longer foresees public-private partnerships as the centerpiece of his infrastructure plan. No surprise there.
Engineer Arup's traffic projections that fell short for the project, which went into receivership, are the crux of the dispute's new trial stage; deal financier Macquarie has been cross-sued.