At the mouth of the Bay of Fundy on the border between easternmost Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been testing huge undersea turbines that the company claims eventually will generate low-cost tidal power from the tidal flow in Cobscook Bay for all of Downeast Maine.
As the talent wars continue throughout the New England construction market, holding onto good people is harder and more crucial than ever for firms aiming to reach the highest levels of success.
There is one bright spot in the December “termination for convenience” of the main contracting joint venture on the Boston area’s Green Line Extension light-rail project: No one is pointing fingers at the contractor as the key culprit behind the project’s soaring cost, which currently is $700 million to $1 billion over its roughly $2-billion budget.
Zurek, an associate at Union Studio Architecture & Community Design, says local designers are closely monitoring plans for 19 acres of developable land in downtown Providence that became available following the relocation of Interstate-195.
Connecticut’s highest court in November rejected the claims of workers seeking lost wages as a result of a 2010 explosion at a power-plant under construction.
Block Island Wind Farm crews on Nov. 2 completed the installation of five 400-ton steel-jacket foundations and the first deck for the 30-MW demo project, located about three miles west of the island.