Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named former Ontario pension-fund giant CEO Jim Leech as special adviser to Canada’s newly authorized, but still unlaunched, federal infrastructure bank.
In another move to cut back on regulations, President Trump has directed federal agencies to set up task forces, with an eye to canceling or changing rules that officials find too restrictive.
In a step toward meeting one of President Trump’s most prominent campaign pledges, the Dept. of Homeland Security is seeking firms to provide prototypes of a U.S.-Mexico border barrier.
New York state could replace electricity from the Indian Point nuclear power plant through improved efficiency and imported hydropower, says a Feb. 23 study by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper.
Israel has provisionally approved construction of a 43-kilometer, Haifa-to-Nazareth light-rail line, an estimated $2.6-billion project set for completion in 2023.
Shares of Australia-based WorleyParsons rose 32% on Feb. 28, following the firm’s disclosure the day before that, last November, Dubai-based engineer conglomerate Dar Group had made an estimated $2.2- billion bid, which it rejected as undervalued.