Renewable Energy Enhanced Geothermal To Be Focus Under $29-Million Award Thomas F. Armistead September 13, 2016 No Comments The Dept. of Energy’s Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) effort has entered Phase 2 with DOE’s announcement of a $29-million investment in enhanced geothermal systems.Read More
Renewable Energy DOE Funds Enhanced Geothermal Systems Development Thomas F. Armistead September 13, 2016 No Comments Two teams—one at Sandia National Laboratories in Fallon, Nev., the other at the University of Utah in Milford, Utah—will share $29 million.Read More
Risk Management Indictment Details Embezzlement Charges Against City Engineer L.A. County prosecutor provides new information about redirected cash refunds in Santa Clarita Erin Richey September 7, 2016 No Comments The funds allegedly embezzled came to more than a half million dollars.Read More
Blog: Public-Private Partnerships Indiana Warns I-69 Section's Concessionaire: Pay Contractors Now Stories about unpaid contractors began surfacing earlier this year Richard Korman September 7, 2016 6 Comments Indiana has had two P3 bankruptcies within two years.Read More
Chinese-Austrian Consortium Will Build $2.7-Billion Zimbabwe Road Expansion Shem Oirere September 6, 2016 No Comments Part of the 917-km highway will be delivered through a 20-year concessionaire agreementRead More
Construction Materials G-20 Leaders Back Forum To Address Steel Overcapacity Participants in envisioned international meeting to report findings in 2017 September 6, 2016 No Comments U.S. industry-sponsored report says world capacity exceeds demand by more than 50%.Read More
Construction Economics Construction August Jobless Rate Down from 2015, Up from July Industry shed 6,000 jobs as non-residential's losses outweighed residential's gains Tom Ichniowski September 2, 2016 No Comments BLS reports industry's August rate dips to 5.1% from year-earlier 6.1% but rises from July's 4.5%Read More
Construction Economics Construction July Spending Flat from June, Up Year Over Year Commerce Dept. says private construction posted gains but public-sector total fell Tom Ichniowski September 1, 2016 No Comments Office construction surged 25% from year-earlier total but educational buildings sector dipped 5%.Read More
Risk Management Africa’s Largest Steel Maker Fined for Price Fixing Investigators find cartel practices in more than 300 construction projects Shem Oirere September 1, 2016 No Comments The settlement settles pending investigations and prosecution against ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd.Read More
Disasters Grieving Survivors in Central Italy Await More Aftershocks Seismic engineers blame unreinforced masonry and brittle concrete structures Michael Dumiak September 1, 2016 No Comments Nearby L'Aquila has yet to rebuild after it was leveled by 2009 earthquakeRead More