Even as drilling crews are getting closer to capping a natural-gas well that has spewed thousands of metric tons of methane since last fall, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has filed criminal charges against utility Southern California Gas Co. for failing to immediately notify authorities of the rupture within the largest underground natural-gas storage facility west of the Mississippi River.
A report released on Feb. 4 by Dodge Data & Analytics ranks the New York City metropolitan area as both the largest and fastest-growing metro area in the nation for construction, with $35 billion in new starts during 2015, a 66% increase over 2014.
After 12 months of ups and downs, the final tally for 2015’s total construction starts ended the year with an 8% annual increase, representing $646 billion in new work, according to Dodge Data & Analytics.
China-based equipment manufacturer Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. has made an unsolicited offer to acquire U.S.-based Terex Corp., possibly upsetting a merger of the company with Finland-based Konecranes.
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