A shortage of skilled labor and material price escalation are felt in the agency's $92-billion program that includes civil works and military construction, and is "the largest we’ve ever seen,” a top official told a Senate committee.
New England state reveals details of fourth round of developer bids—with new terms on cost hikes—while New Jersey launches expanded bid for ocean-to-shore power transmission options and permits first construction of 1.1-GW Orsted project.
The West Virginia Democrat new project permit reform package includes deadlines and limits for NEPA reviews and for court challenges of infrastructure project approvals.
GE Johnson Construction Co. says the city still owes it money for compensable delays and change orders, while the city says the contractor has refused to address construction issues.
President Joe Biden will veto the repeal vote, which was widely criticized by solar facility developers as threat to project work, with industry observers saying Congress lacks support to override the president's veto.
The Highlands region is a major corridor for goods shipment to the Port Newark-Elizabeth terminal, but a key regional regulator last month issued a new warehouse construction policy that sets new limits on how the complexes are located and built.
Justices could move to reduce power of U.S. agencies such as EPA and SEC to interpret rules under unclear federal laws based on 40-year-old high court precedent, but they opt not to intervene in the latest climate-change damage litigation against energy companies.
Even as small nuclear reactor designs gain traction, with Westinghouse announcing in early May a new 300-MW version of its larger AP1000 model now in use in Georgia and elsewher, construction hurdles need attention to speed deployment of advanced technology, says a new National Academies analysis.
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