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NY Is Set To Sue US EPA Over ‘Completion’ of PCB Removal

Mary B. Powers

April 17, 2019

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State Challenges Agency Okay to End GE Hudson River Dredging

Water Resources

Senators Oppose Trump Budget Cuts for Corps Civil Works

Tom Ichniowski

April 11, 2019

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Key appropriators slam proposed $2-billion, or 31%, reduction in civil-works program.

BAUMA 2019

3D Concrete Printing Firm Primes for Upcoming US Project

Michael Dumiak

April 11, 2019

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Contour Crafting plans to build six structures out of 3D-printed concrete using its proprietary gantry system in the coming months.

BAUMA 2019

Herrenknecht's Small-Diameter TBM Snags Innovation Award at Bauma 2019

Cable-tunneling system boasts travel distances of over one kilometer

Jeff Rubenstone

April 11, 2019

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Trenchless tunneling system for power cables boasts drive distances over one kilometer.

Duke Energy Appeals N.C. Order to Excavate Nine Coal Ash Pits

Mary B. Powers

April 10, 2019

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Power provider says new mandate will cost $5B more at sites previously deemed low risk; legislators also move to classify them as high-risk.

Future Disasters

California Towns Rebuild After Wildfires With Resilience in Mind

What is happening in Paradise and Santa Rosa

Pam Radtke Russell

April 10, 2019

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Faced with more wildfires and growing populations, communities like Paradise, Calif., work to mitigate fire risk

Industry Practices Questioned After Girder Fractures at Salesforce Transit Center

Nadine M. Post

April 10, 2019

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Cross-complaints filed regarding San Francisco’s troubled Salesforce Transit Center, shuttered after girder fractures

General Electric Eyes Wind Power With Record 12MW Turbine

Mary B. Powers

April 10, 2019

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General Electric Co. is betting that its next-gen offshore wind turbine—a giant at 12 MW, 260 meters high and with 107-m blades—will make offshore wind power more competitive and position the firm to win a fair share of the burgeoning energy market.