Former Corps leader led a major agency 'transformation' to tackle an estimated $73-billion global military building expansion launched more than a decade ago.
Developer says work on the 145-mile Central Maine Power transmission system could start in December, but opponents claim environmental approval for western Maine route lacks rigor.
The U.S. Corps of Engineers Galveston District and Jefferson County Drainage District No. 7 have brought on a joint venture of Freese and Nichols, COWI and CDM Smith (FCC-JV) to part of an $863 million effort to improve hurricane flood protection—levees and floodwalls—for a 65-square-mile area that includes Port Arthur, Texas, and adjacent communities.
The contractor responsible for manufacturing defective concrete panels for the Silver Line Metro extension in northern Virginia was banned from bidding federal transportation projects for three years.
Code-based earthquake engineering is on the verge of getting simpler, thanks to the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program’s recommendation to replace the traditional seismic hazards maps with an improved seismic hazards database.
Vijay Associates, a federal and state subcontractor, padded hours on New York and Massachusetts transit and other projects, says U.S. Attorney in Boston.
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