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KC Council Taps Under-the-Radar Team for $1B Airport Makeover

September 13, 2017

A team led by Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate, Bethesda, Md., on Sept. 6 won the recommendation of the City Council selection committee of Kansas City as the developer and designer of a $1-billion, single-terminal redevelopment of Kansas City International Airport.

Dominion Energy Eyes $2B Hydroelelctric Storage Project in Va.

Mary B. Powers

September 13, 2017

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Dominion Energy is set to build a $2-billion pumped hydroelectric storage unit in southwest Virginia to accommodate 240 MW of solar generation it plans to add every year through 2032, the company confirmed.

Industrial Leads for the Week of September 18, 2017

September 13, 2017

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Project News from Industrial Reports

US Postpones Canadian Lumber Tariff Finding

Tom Ichniowski

September 13, 2017

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Chances may be improving for resolving a long-running trade dispute over pricing of Canadian softwood-lumber shipments to the U.S.

Federal Funding

More Federal Disaster-Relief Spending Bills Expected

Senator says newly enacted $15.3-billion package may only last "weeks"

Tom Ichniowski

September 12, 2017

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White House official says as many as three additional emergency spending bills will be coming.

Economy

Harvey's Aftermath Will Rattle Construction Supply Chain, Economists Say

Expect upward pressure on materials and labor as cleanup and rebuilding commence

Tim Grogan

September 6, 2017

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As the cleanup and eventual rebuilding proceed, increased demand for materials and labor will push costs upward.

Natural Disasters

Corps Expects Overtopping at Lake Okeechobee Construction Sites From Irma

September 6, 2017

Updated hurricane forecast prompts officials to warn of significant overwash and limited-to-moderate overtopping at several coffer dams on Herbert Hoover Dike in Florida.

Energy

Consortium Picked To Build and Operate Uganda Refinery

U.S.-Italian-Indian Team steps in after Russian venture withdraws

Shem Oirere

September 6, 2017

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Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium defeats 40 competing bidders to build refinery that will start with 30,000 barrel-per-day output and eventually double that rate

Transportation