Southeast Construction News - Articles - Page 54

$1.5B Storage Reservoir Project Approved for Everglades

May 17, 2017

Engineers in Florida are starting to plan for design and construction of a new $1.5-billion water-storage facility in the Everglades Agricultural Area south of Lake Okeechobee.

Fire-Damaged Atlanta Interstate Bridge to Reopen by May 15

Jim Parsons

May 10, 2017

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The contractor will earn a $3.1-million bonus for finishing work roughly a month ahead of the original schedule.

Pollution Control

Fla. Governor Is Set to OK $1.5-B Everglades Reservoir

Thomas F. Armistead

May 4, 2017

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The reservoir will provide up to 360,000 acre-ft of storage for excess water from Lake Okeechobee.

Watts Bar 2 Nuclear Plant Shut Down After Failure

Mary B. Powers

May 3, 2017

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is working to determine what caused the structural supports of a refurbished condenser to fail and how best to repair the damage at the newly commissioned Watts Bar 2 nuclear unit on the Tennessee River.

On the Scene: Transforming Turner Field; $10M Donation to FIU Engineering

May 2, 2017

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JE Dunn Construction gives the former Turner Field site a third life, and Moss & Associates makes a big donation to engineering education.

Viewpoint: The American Energy Infrastructure

What Went Wrong on the Westinghouse Nuclear Projects

The data missing in ENR's coverage is key to how to fix nuclear power plant work

Edward Shyloski

May 1, 2017

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Why is no one discussing the real reason these Westinghouse projects are so far over budget and delayed?

Atlanta's Burned I-85 Bridge on Fast Track to Restoration

Jim Parsons

April 12, 2017

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A collapsed section of I-85 in Atlanta appears to be on track to be restored by mid-June, Georgia Dept. of Transportation officials say.

$6B Cost Estimate Increase Imperils U.S. Nuclear Projects

The Westinghouse bankruptcy filing over estimated cost increases causes utility owners to reassess projects

Scott Judy

Pam Radtke Russell

April 5, 2017

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Westinghouse Electric Co.’s recent realization of more than $6 billion in additional costs related to completing construction of two U.S. nuclear projects forced the firm to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 29.

Intentionally Set Atlanta Interstate Fire Closes Artery Until June

April 5, 2017

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Crews from C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Marietta, Ga., are removing debris from an Interstate 85 bridge in Atlanta that collapsed during a March 30 rush-hour fire.

Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer Grid Eyed in Double-T Collapses

Nadine M. Post

April 5, 2017

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Two separate failures of three cantilevered flanges of three precast, prestressed-concrete double-T parking-deck sections—reinforced with a non-code-compliant, high-strength carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer grid—are putting the spotlight on the structural safety of corrosion-resistant FRP grids for transverse reinforcement of double-Ts.