Fire Safety Tests After Grenfell Tower Fire Show Flaws in 82 UK Towers Peter Reina July 30, 2017 No Comments Probes of regulations and responsibility also start, after June London blaze that killed 80.Read More
Transportation Infrastructure Congressional Committees Reject Trump's DOT Transit Cut Senate, House clash on other programs Tom Ichniowski July 29, 2017 No Comments Senate appropriators call for boost for airport construction grants, raise PFC cap.Read More
Construction Risk Managment Bridge Pile Driving Suspected in North Carolina Vacation Island Power Cut The Bonner Bridge project's prime contractor, PCL, says it is investigating July 28, 2017 No Comments Thousands are ordered to leave an island during blackout.Read More
AEP Will Purchase World's Second-Largest Wind Farm Mary B. Powers July 28, 2017 No Comments Utility units will own $4.5B project in Oklahoma, just revealed as being built with Quanta Services named as EPC transmission line contractorRead More
Environment and Safety The Regulations on the Trump Administration's Chopping Block The Waters of the US rule is one of hundreds in peril Pam Radtke Russell July 28, 2017 No Comments The Trump administration takes step to repeal clean water rule, plans to stop or withdraw many other Obama-era regulations.Read More
Federal Spending House Passes Spending Bill, $1.6B for Trump Border Wall Tom Ichniowski July 28, 2017 No Comments Multi-part measure also would boost military construction, Corps civil works budgets, but cut VA projects.Read More
Israel Plans Big Infrastructure Boost in Next Decade Neal Sandler July 28, 2017 No Comments Investment, particularly in transportation, is needed to close its global economic gap, analysts say.Read More
UK High Speed Rail Moves Ahead As Nuke Plant Falls Behind Peter Reina July 26, 2017 One Comment First Hinkley nuke site unit may be 15 months late; the second nine months behind.Read More
Virginia Enters East Coast Offshore Wind Farm Push Mary B. Powers July 26, 2017 No Comments And a New York utility waits for better prices on a second facility.Read More
Power Storage Banks Shift Energy Industry Peter Maloney July 26, 2017 No Comments In October 2015, the Aliso Canyon gas fields in Southern California sprang a leak that took the state’s largest gas-storage system out of service.Read More