A comprehensive panel discussion covering lessons learned during last spring’s spillway failure at Oroville Dam was a highlight of the annual Dam Safety conference.

Contractors seeking extensions of project deadlines because of Harvey and Irma are likely to send out letters to owners over the next few weeks.

New  provisions, effective Sept. 20, include increase in losses SBA will cover under its preferred surety bond program.

The Dept. of Homeland Security has awarded eight contracts to companies to develop prototypes for the Trump administration’s proposed wall along sections of the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.