The Dept. of Veterans Affairs outlines a wide-ranging blueprint to revamp its sprawling network of hundreds of health care facilities and increase the number of VA hospitals.
Contractors will not be immune to price increases associated with a March 8 presidential executive order banning imports of Russian oil, liquefied natural gas and coal, industry groups say.
Norway’s Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has sealed the country’s largest-ever design, build, finance and maintain contract, valued at $2.2 billion, for a highway link between the city of Bergen and Sotra Island.
Construction of a new deepwater port project worth approximately $1B broke ground on Jan. 4 in Dakar, Senegal with the developer planning to implement the project in two phases.
After two years of coping with lockdowns, social distancing, teleconference learning curves and virus variants, construction and design firms find themselves adapting to yet another pandemic-related challenge—safely returning employees to the office while accommodating a newfound appreciation and desire for the benefits of working remotely.
E&C firms can push alternative project delivery to speed removal now of "forever chemicals' before they become an even bigger public health risk, says one committed environmental engineer.