Rebuilding after the Feb. 2011 magnitude-6.3 earthquake in Christchurch, a city of 382,000 people, offers a cautionary tale for future disaster recovery.
South Carolina has the nation’s fourth-largest state-owned transportation network, but a labyrinthine project-upgrade priority system has hampered the state Dept. of Transportation’s ability to keep roads and bridges from worsening over the past decade, state auditors and Transportation Secretary Christy Hall testified on April 7.
The largest-ever infrastructure investment in Israel’s history—possibly $10 billion—has been halted and could face delay of at least a year following a March 27 domestic court ruling that rejected the framework for the U.S.- Israeli developers of the Leviathan offshore gas field.
More work on the $26-billion Hinkley Point C reactor hinges on a French government decision in May; project developers say it is "well-prepared" to proceed.
A much-rumored construction industry acquisition, announced March 29 for $795 million, would boost buyer's water resources capacity and global footprint.
Infrastructure investment is 20% to 30% higher than the previous government's budget, but some funding and other elements don't live up to 2015 campaign promises