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GLX Constructors seeks $35M from the engineering firm over claimed design errors on the $2.3-billion light rail project extension. 

Floodwater diverted from Beijing has caused major damage in the Hai River basin, but no official damage cost or detail has yet been released as China’s government said it has allocated $124 million for immediate post-disaster relief and reconstruction.

OSHA found workers were exposed to another potential collapse in the same trench a month after the fatal incident.

Work to complete 145-mile line to channel Canada hydropower to New England, halted in 2021 by a successful ballot measure and multiple legal battles, announced its restart after winning a court ruling last spring.

Feds propose 557 sq miles of new Atlantic ocean tracts for development and set Aug. 29 for first Gulf of Mexico auction of three large sites, but projects now confront rising costs for the first time.

More than 1,200 appeals cases each year go before overworked OSHA Review Commission judges.

Unanimous FERC vote July 27 on final rule will prioritize the most construction-ready, financially-viable projects, but its effective date was not announced.

First of two record-size 300-ton melters at federal Hanford waste site reached 2,100°F critical temperature July 20 after shutdown last year due to component overheating.

The New York City Dept. of Buildings is investigating the cause of an engine fire and the boom failure.

Johnson Bros. Corp. says Charlotte caused delays and provided inadequate plans, while the city counters that it's owed millions from the Texas-based contractor it says failed to complete punch list items and performed "poor work."