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Reports from key industry events in the Mountain States region.

Work is set to resume on 175-MW Yellowstone County project, with Burns & McDonnell as EPC contractor, after new court ruling that followed revised state law banning regulators from weighing greenhouse gas emissions in permit reviews of new energy projects. 

Cleanup efforts continue following the June 24 derailment that sent 10 rail cars of toxic materials into the Yellowstone River.

Much-anticipated project will eliminate the notorious bottleneck at Floyd Hill, the gateway to Colorado’s mountains and a critical economic and tourism route.

The 2021 wildfire caused damage estimated at more than $2 billion.

Justices ruled unanimously that two Idaho landowners, in their second appeal before the court, should not be fined for building near wetlands that did not appear to have a direct surface connection to a larger body of water—but four cautioned in a separate opinion that the majority went too far in reducing federally protected areas.

The reliability of water supplies in the arid and semi-arid Mountain States is a growing concern for the public and the engineering community in the wake of persistent drought and a multiyear downward trend in Colorado River flow and storage. Robust snowpack in early 2023 brought a welcome reprieve, but one good year cannot overcome decades of drought.

Updates about construction professionals in the Mountain States region.

Dodge offers data on projected 2023 construction starts in the greater Boise area.

Updates on projects and companies in the Mountain States region.