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Canada's Altagas Wins $45M Battery Storage Award

August 24, 2016

Canadian energy firm AltaGas has won a $45-million contract with Southern California Edison to build a 20-MW energy-storage system at its Pomona natural-gas-fired plant in Southern California.

Mass. Cracks Down on Workzone Impaired Driving

August 24, 2016

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A series of construction work-zone crashes on Massachusetts roadways—all allegedly involving drunk drivers—prodded state officials to launch a federally funded impaired-driving enforcement campaign in August through Labor Day.

Bechtel’s Brief

Haunted by Grim Statistics on Megaprojects

A call by Brendan Bechtel to improve schedule and cost performance

August 24, 2016

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Brendan Bechtel, soon to be chief executive of the engineering and construction company that bears his family’s name, sounded an alarm about the industry’s performance on megaprojects with words as plainly spoken as any you will hear at a conference.

Construction Accidents

Fire Injures Seven at Sunoco Jobsite in Texas

A flash fire broke out in a terminal in Nederland

Louise Poirier

August 24, 2016

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A flash fire on a project located at Sunoco Logistics’ Nederland Terminal in Nederland, Texas, injured seven construction workers around 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 12.

Clean Energy

Massachusetts Pushes Offshore Wind in New Clean Energy Law

State mandate for 1,600 MW by 2027 is the biggest in the U.S.

Johanna Knapschaefer

August 21, 2016

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State's mandate for 1,600 MW by 2027 is the biggest in the U.S.

Sustainability

Global Builder Will Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions 20% by 2020

AECOM will focus on fleet fuel and office heating and cooling

Tom Sawyer

August 17, 2016

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AECOM announced Aug. 10 that it has made a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its global operations by 20%, normalized by revenue, by 2020.

Equipment

ARA Forecasts US Rental Revenue To Exceed $57B in 2020

Jeff Rubenstone

August 16, 2016

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In a sign that the trend toward equipment renting is not slowing down, the American Rental Association says the rental industry can expect a compound annual growth rate of 4.9% over the next few years. ARA’s five-year forecast predicts that U.S. rental revenue will top $57 billion in 2020, a significant increase over the $47.6 billion estimated for 2016.

Fifty Global Builders Set to Bid on Big Israeli Housing Program

Country will choose six to expedite needed residential construction

Neal Sandler

August 16, 2016

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Country will choose six to expedite needed residential construction.

Health in Harmony Saves Rainforests with 'Stethoscopes'

Kinari Webb's group is building a hospital in Borneo to discourage illegal logging

Nadine M. Post

August 16, 2016

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American design team, led by architect Richard Ramer, provides pro bono services for 27,000-sq-ft hospital that will never turn a patient away.

Transportation

China Announces $7.6B Financing for Tanzania Rail Project

Thirteen bidders shortlisted for proposed public private partnership model

Shem Oirere

August 11, 2016

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The standard-gauge line route stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean to land-locked Rawanda and Burundi and parallels the existing narrow-gauge line for much of the way before establishing new links to the interior.