Society saves $6 for every dollar spent through federal grants funded to the private sector for damage reduction in the event of river flooding, storm surge, fire at the wildland-urban interface, and strong winds and earthquakes, says NIBS.
Changing energy markets have led the Maine Public Utility Commission to delay approval of a power agreement for the nation’s first offshore floating wind venture, dealing a blow to the project set to begin construction this year.
Three Las Vegas freeway projects will kick off earlier than scheduled to support the planned 2020 opening of a new stadium for the Raiders NFL football team.
Local officials say sitework is set to start in spring at the 2,500-acre cotton field near Huntsville, Ala., where automakers Toyota and Mazda on Jan. 10 announced a $1.6-billion manufacturing plant to employ about 4,000 and produce 300,000 vehicles annually.
Richmond, Va.-based Dominion Energy has agreed to buy SCANA Corp. in a deal valued at $14.6 billion after the failure of two new nuclear units being built by SCANA and Santee Cooper at the V.C. Summer plant in South Carolina.
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