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Infrastructure & Politics

Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Infrastructure Plans at Las Vegas Forum

Doug Puppel

February 17, 2020

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Biden, Klobuchar, Buttigieg and Steyer made bipartisan pitches to boost attention to biggest US needs.

Transportation

Just Approved $3.8B Terminal Expansion Adds to JFK Airport Upgrade

Port Authority of NY/NJ also schedules $1.5B in road improvements

Jim Parsons

February 17, 2020

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Designed to consolidate Delta Airlines operations in a single terminal, the 50,000-sq-ft project will add 16 gates to the nearly 20-year-old facility.

Virginia Construction Fire Ruled Accidental

$48-million blaze started in a jobsite trash chute

Jim Parsons

February 17, 2020

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The fire also claimed a trailer, nearly 30 vehicles and multiple pieces of construction equipment.

Delayed Fed OK of Big US Offshore Wind Farm Puts Power Start Date at Risk

Mary B. Powers

February 16, 2020

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Massachusetts politicians cite Trump interference in late award of project EIS, even as power costs are shown to drop further.

Design-Build

Three Teams Qualify for New York City Rail Station Contract

Joint ventures vie for key component of major infrastructure program

Richard Korman

February 14, 2020

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Contract is another test for NY state and Metropolitan Transportation Authority new project delivery methods.

Buildings

$7B Tech Park Project in Chicago to Start Construction by Early 2021

Jeff Yoders

February 13, 2020

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Related Midwest says construction will begin by early 2021 on The 78, the developer's $7-billion, 62-acre megaproject in Chicago's South Loop.

Transit Projects

Denver Transit Agency Threatens Default Notice to Rail Line Contractor

Mark Shaw

February 13, 2020

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Agency says Balfour Beatty-Graham team managing the $510-million project missed another completion deadline to transfer it for testing.

GE, Massachusetts Towns Agree to More Housatonic River Cleanup

Johanna Knapschaefer

February 13, 2020

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New $63M funding pact, built on a 2016 agreement, will remove more toxic PCBs.

Infrastructure

Work Progresses 24/7 to Replace Collapsed Genoa Viaduct

With 18 piers complete, crews are working round the clock on central spans

Peter Reina

February 13, 2020

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Fincantieri-Salini joint venture expedites work on structure in place of span that collapsed in 2018, killing 43.

Infrastructure

For Two Futuristic UK Maritime Projects, High Ambitions and Long Odds

Schemes involve dams to seal the North Sea and English Channel and a bridge from Scotland to Northern Ireland

Peter Reina

February 13, 2020

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Dutch and German backers admit dams would create severe environmental impacts, while critics say highway bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland would be technically challenging.