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Clean Energy Construction

Offshore Wind Energy Sector Has Big Gains, and Growing Pains

May 1, 2022

Leading industry conference in Atlantic City, N.J., doubled attendance last month as project interest grows in Atlantic and California from states, firms, unions and others—but permitting, transmission and staffing remain key expansion barriers.

Infrastructure Funding

$2.3B in New Energy Dept. Grants Targeted for Power Grid Resilience

James Leggate

April 28, 2022

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DOE's five-year program, funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, would fund state and tribal projects to modernize and harden transmission systems, including in historically underrepresented communities.

First Carbon Capture, EV Minerals Funds in Canada New Budget

Scott Van Voorhis

April 28, 2022

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Federal 2022-23 budget, released last month includes first-time funding and incentives for projects to stem climate change impacts; Aecon, FCC Construccion head group awarded big Toronto rail electrification project

Clean Energy

First Interstate Carbon Capture Pipelines Proposed in US

Mary B. Powers

April 28, 2022

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Three projects would cost billions to collect CO2 from bio-refineries across upper Midwest states to be sequestered at underground sites in North Dakota and Illinois, but opponents fear big safety risks of compressed gas

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Government

Senators Grill Balfour Beatty Communities Execs Over Military Housing

James Leggate

April 27, 2022

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A Senate subcommittee report highlighted problems with military housing managed by the firm, possibly even after it pleaded guilty to a fraud charge last year.

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Viewpoint

Critical Path Method Software Flourished in the Inflationary 1980s

Join us as we resume the CPM conference in Orlando

Fredric L. Plotnick

April 27, 2022

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Can CPM scheduling software help in a time of inflation?

FERC Propels Landmark Revamp of US Power Transmission

Mary B. Powers

April 24, 2022

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In a bipartisan approval April 21 of a proposed framework to plan and pay for new and upgraded US grid capacity to link booming clean power projects, the federal energy regulator aims to involve states up front and expand infrastructure planning to a 20-year-ahead cycle.

Largest-Ever US Dam Removal Project Gets Federal Agencies' Nod

Undertaking is considered a proof-of-concept for similar large efforts

Mary B. Powers

April 21, 2022

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Kiewit would start $445M Klamath River work next year to take down four dams in Oregon and California after FERC and Interior Dept. sign off on key environmental review.

Federal Policy

New NEPA Rule Restores Added Infrastructure Project Scrutiny

Phase 1 of changes to law governing environmental reviews still are narrow in focus, says one expert.

Pam McFarland

April 19, 2022

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White House reinstates required environmental review of project "cumulative impacts" that were removed by the Trump administration.

Companies

KBR, Jacobs Settle Long-Running Power Plant Contract Dispute

Mary B. Powers

Debra K. Rubin

April 19, 2022

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Firms reach financial agreement over fixed-price project subcontract at giant Australian LNG site that was terminated by design-build firm CH2M, now a Jacobs unit, in 2017.