Old San Francisco Bay Bridge Span Near End April 26, 2017 No Comments CEC Silverado late last month removed the final 850-ton steel truss of the old East Span Bay Bridge, which crosses San Francisco Bay.Read More
NRG To Build 110 MW of Hawaii Solar In Power Deal With Utility April 26, 2017 No Comments NRG Energy expects to begin construction in the fall on about 110 MW of solar generation on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.Read More
Alaska Seeks FERC Approval On $40-Billion Gas Project April 26, 2017 No Comments Facility would move stranded natural gas to Asian markets.Read More
New York Denies Natural-Gas Line Permit After Protests April 26, 2017 No Comments The New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation on April 7 denied National Fuel Gas Co. a permit for a natural-gas pipeline.Read More
California High Speed Rail CEO to Exit $64B Project April 26, 2017 No Comments Jeff Morales will leave California post on June 2; no successor named.Read More
Construction Materials U.S. Ratchets Up Trade Fight over Canadian Lumber Tariffs of up to 24% imposed on softwood lumber shipments Tom Ichniowski April 25, 2017 No Comments U.S. lumber producers praise Commerce Dept. action but Canada blasts it and threatens litigation.Read More
Corps Realigns Officers, Role Seen on Trump Wall Debra K. Rubin Tom Ichniowski April 25, 2017 No Comments Maj. Gen. Michael C. Wehr on April 14 was named as the deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Read More
Force Corp. Joins New England Carpenters Union Johanna Knapschaefer April 25, 2017 No Comments Open shop firm was a former foe of organized labor.Read More
Perry Orders DOE to Review Electric Grid's Power-Source Mix, Resiliency Pam Radtke Russell April 25, 2017 One Comment Energy Secretary Rick Perry has directed his department to examine whether subsidies, wholesale markets or other incentives may be skewing electric markets to favor one electricity power source over another or make the electric grid less resilient.Read More