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Transportation

Thailand Launches Full Rail System Revamp

$1.3B hub will anchor $21B upgrade

March 2, 2020

Over the next three years, the Thai government plans to significantly expand both passenger and freight capacity by augmenting its existing 2,300-mile rail network with new tracks.

Draft Deal Restarts Work on Disputed $5B British Columbia Gas Pipeline

Jim Parsons

March 2, 2020

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Government pact with indigenous leaders may halt Canada-wide rail shutdown protests, but undisclosed details still leave Coastal GasLink route change issues unclear.

Crane Collapses at SoFi Stadium Site in Calif., No Injuries Reported

Erica Berardi

February 28, 2020

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A stationary crane collapsed Friday morning at SoFi Stadium., the soon-to-be home to the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers located in Inglewood, Calif. Los Angeles County Fire Department remained on the scene as of Friday afternoon.

International

China's Belt and Road Megaprojects Fall Victim to Coronavirus

Road, bridge, hydro and communications projects across Asia face limited staff and material resources

Jim Parsons

February 28, 2020

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Indonesia’s $6 billion Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail line is being delayed by the absence of approximately 300 senior-level workers.

Transportation

Colorado City Drops Out of Toll Road Plan

Broomfield withdraws from Jefferson Parkway project after soil sample yields plutonium

Jim Parsons

February 28, 2020

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Will proximity to a former federal nuclear weapons complex scrap the $250-million road project?

Steel Construction

In Final Salesforce Center Girder Fracture Report, Panel Suggests Key Code Changes

Microcracks evolved into pop-in cracks and turned into fractures

Richard Korman

February 27, 2020

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New knowledge of steel construction emerges from the calamity that shut a new San Francisco building for months.

PG&E Wildfire Penalty Hits $2.1B, Largest-Ever By State

Erica Berardi

February 27, 2020

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Regulators add $462 million more in fines for the bankrupt utility's role in igniting northern California blazes in 2017 and 2018.

Rail Transit Infrastructure

DOT, Amtrak Weigh Near-Term Repair Plan for Hudson River Tunnel

Tom Ichniowski

February 27, 2020

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But top House appropriator calls plan "a nonstarter," unless DOT also funds new $12B Hudson tunnel.

Additional $4.3B In Funding Allotted to I-35 Through Central Texas

Louise Poirier

February 27, 2020

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Three pots of money would be tapped for what TxDOT calls a statewide strategic priority.

'Leaning Tower of Dallas' Still Standing After Failed Demolition

Jeff Rubenstone

February 27, 2020

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An 11-story office tower in Dallas, Texas was set to be brought down in a controlled demolition in Feb. 16, which dropped the outer shell of the building but failed to bring down the structure’s concrete core.