Bentley Launches Digital Twin Tools, Infrastructure Cloud Jeff Rubenstone November 23, 2022 No Comments Getting the digital twin workflow into the typical design, construction, operations cycle has been a thorny problem for digital twin advocates.Read More
Construction Economics for November 28, 2022 November 23, 2022 No Comments ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economicsRead More
Power Biden Administration Opens $13B Funding for Transmission Upgrades Mary B. Powers November 22, 2022 No Comments The funds will support long-distance, high voltage transmission and distribution line modernization and buildout, government says.Read More
Airports FAA Clears $7.1B Chicago O'Hare Terminal Revamp to Begin James Leggate November 22, 2022 No Comments Work on two new satellite concourses is planned to begin in spring of 2023, with demolition and replacement of an existing terminal to follow.Read More
Risk Management: Count All The Costs Commentary on the International Risk Management Institute construction conference Richard Korman November 22, 2022 No Comments A commentary on the International Risk Management Institute's November construction conference.Read More
Electric Vehicles Poised To Transform Economy, Says US DOT Greg Aragon November 22, 2022 One Comment Officials tout bipartisan nature of infrastructure investments at annual transportation conference.Read More
Technology Autodesk Cloud Service Outage Leaves Users Idled for a Day All Autodesk cloud services were down Nov. 17, which stopped design work on some projects Jeff Yoders November 21, 2022 No Comments Tech firm's cloud services were out on Nov. 17 when an authentication processing problem took them offline for several hours. Read More
Lawsuits Wise Services Settles False Claims Act Suit Over MOX Project James Leggate November 21, 2022 No Comments Subcontractor will pay more than $300,000 to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government with false invoices.Read More
Projects $200M Printing Plant Buy Moves Chicago Casino Project Forward Gilbane, Milhouse, Power are among contractors for downtown redevelopment Annemarie Mannion November 21, 2022 No Comments Bally’s Corp. will develop Chicago’s first-ever casino using a consortium of contractors that includes minority-led firms. Read More
Fossil Fuel Energy World Bank OKs $497M to Take Down 1GW S. Africa Coal-fired Plant The site will be repurposed for solar and wind power installation Shem Oirere November 21, 2022 No Comments Komati plant site, one of the world's largest coal fired facilities, closed in October and will be repurposed for 220 MW of renewable energy.Read More