Federal court judge in Denver is allowing construction to continue ahead of a planned winter pause while lawsuit parties work to reach an agreement.

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Form Energy will expand its just completed scaled-up iron-air system factory in West Virginia, also announcing $1.2 billion in firm investments and plans to deploy batteries at commercial scale, with Mortenson as contractor for the first project in Minnesota. 

Imperial Beach, Calif., residents claim the second class action against the federal agency-contracted wastewater plant consultant stems from more than a decade of sewage flows from Tijuana, Mexico, but firm says the suit is "meritless."

ABC, AGC, ACEC contributions already top totals for the full 2020 election cycle, while labor union spending is steady or slightly up from past elections.

The International Code Council has for the first time added a section on tornado resilience to the 2024 version of the International Building Code. 

No price tag, timeline or construction procurement status for the major work were disclosed in a vision plan released Oct. 17 developed with design firms Arup and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Contractor T.L. Wallace Construction was replacing the bridge and two others along State Route 149 for the Mississippi Dept. of Transportation.

The D.C., district attorney assets the firm illegally allowed contaminated runoff from an equipment storage yard into the Washington, D.C., stormwater system, but Fort Myer Construction plans to contest the charges in court.

Amazon also follows Microsoft in spinning up nuclear energy, with plan to build small reactors in Washington state and Virginia and leading $500 investment in SMR technology.