Aiming for an economic boost as part of China’s anticipated Silk Road corridor to Europe, the republic of Georgia has picked a local-U.S. joint venture, backed by global investors, to develop a $2.5-billion deep-sea port at Anaklia on the Black Sea.
A new study by Dodge Data and Analytics, published this February in the “World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket Report,” confirms that green design and construction is accelerating as an important global trend.
Only a handful of structures remain at the 3,100-acre Sparrows Point complex in Baltimore from its heyday as the world’s largest steel mill, but, at present, the site seems equally far removed from its new owners’ long-term vision of the site as a major multimodal logistics and distribution hub.
CH2M Hill and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority are “in active, productive discussions,” focused on “resolving issues and completing” an important toll-lane project in the Austin area, according to a joint statement issued on Feb. 4.
Local Chinese officials in Henan province cited the failure to obtain proper government approval as the reason for demolishing a monument to Mao Zedong just days after its completion.
While the MBTA has released much information about the halted project, some crucial backstory remains unknown. We need new ways to talk about public works.
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