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COWI Ready to Start Heavy Design Work on World's Longest Immersed-Tube Tunnel

Peter Reina

July 13, 2016

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The signing of large infrastructure contracts usually is followed by hectic activity.

security line at Denver International Airport

Denver Airport Selects Team For Terminal Improvements

Mark Shaw

July 13, 2016

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Denver International Airport has selected a consortium—led by Ferrovial Airports International Ltd., Madrid, which also operates airports in Europe and the United Kingdom—to begin negotiating a public-private partnership to improve the airport’s Jeppesen Terminal.

Citing Budget, Alaska Shelves a Pair of Megaprojects

Tim Newcomb

July 13, 2016

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Alaska’s financial difficulties led Gov. Bill Walker (R) to shut down two slow-moving megaprojects before construction started on either.

FAA Stopgap Freezes Construction Grants at 2016 Level

Tom Ichniowski

July 13, 2016

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A stopgap Federal Aviation Administration authorization has been moving rapidly through Congress, as lawmakers seek to avert a cutoff of new FAA airport construction grants.

Employee-Owned Contractor C.C. Myers Files for Bankruptcy

JT Long

July 13, 2016

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On June 30, California contractor C.C. Myers Inc. filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in California Eastern Bankruptcy Court.

Checking In: Taking Off On An Airport Infrastructure Tour

Flying frequently through America's aviation infrastructure

Aileen Cho

July 12, 2016

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An ENR editor is up in the air with runway hopes of good stories

TBM 'Bertha' Finally Rolling Along on Big Seattle Tunnel Job

Tim Newcomb

July 6, 2016

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Bertha, the world’s largest-diameter tunnel-boring machine, sits at a low point in its 9,000-ft bore under downtown Seattle.

Interstate Turns 60, Foxx Looks Past FAST Act

Pam Hunter McFarland

Tom Ichniowski

July 6, 2016

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As the Interstate Highway System enters its seventh decade, last year’s five-year, $305-billion Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act will provide only a slight funding increase to address the system’s infrastructure needs.

Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook

More Funding Certainty Buoys Transportation Project Sector

Jim Parsons

Pam Hunter McFarland

June 30, 2016

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Transportation design firms are seeing the best market conditions in years, thanks to a variety of funding initiatives that are allowing states and localities to extend project programming horizons into the 2020s.

P3 Team Hits Milestone on Virginia's Midtown Tunnel

Jim Parsons

June 29, 2016

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Originally scheduled for completion late this year, the new 4,300-ft-long Midtown Tunnel between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., is now on track for completion by the end of the summer.