Nominees' expected agency changes are already controversial.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has reached an agreement with Kiewit Corp. and will pay the contractor $297.8 million for project change orders on the Interstate 405-Sepulveda Pass Widening Project, in Los Angeles.

Making its first-ever international expansion, Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping will acquire three companies in the U.K. that provide concrete-pumping services.

A new “action plan” from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency outlines steps the agency believes should be taken to improve the safety of drinking-water systems across the U.S.

On Dec. 1, BP plc announced that it will move ahead with Mad Dog 2 platform after cutting costs by 60%.

New Jersey utility Public Service Electric & Gas on Nov. 30 said it has gotten the go-ahead from state regulators to invest up to $80 million in the next three years to build solar farms on brownfields and landfills in its service territory.