The first $900-million phase of a mammoth project to pump water from the Red Sea to the shrinking Dead Sea on the Israel-Jordan border—along with boosted water and power supply facilities for the region—has attracted design-construction proposals from teams that include 17 global firms.

Louis Berger names new chairman, sues former exec for corrupt practices penalties.

Regulation would apply to drones used for such tasks as bridge, power line and pipeline inspections.

Autodesk and Trimble have entered into a multiyear agreement to exchange sets of their architectural, engineering and construction software products.

Since the previous agreement expired in October 2015, countries now are under a one-year moratorium that bars new unfair trade actions.

But controversial policy riders, including language blocking "waters of the U.S." rule, may sink the measures.