Expecting to gain in an oil-services market that is showing signs of a recovery, sector engineering- construction giant Technip, Paris, and FMC Technologies, Houston, are set to merge next year to create an estimated $20-billion megafirm, the companies announced on May 19.
Mixed reality holograms are the buzz this month as Microsoft released HoloLens devices. Different than previous, completely virtual experiences, HoloLens combines holographic technology with actual reality to create an environment where at-scale holograms can be projected into physical environments. For those of us who live in actual space—and not just in the video game realm—this has huge impacts on our ability to design, construct, operate and improve projects.
Florida Power & Light (FPL) says it could delay by as many as four years any further progress toward constructing the proposed expansion of its Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station in Florida City.
New federal overtime regulations are long overdue and will raise wages for millions of workers, the Obama administration says. But construction groups say the final rule, released on May 18, could have unintended consequences.
Construction on the $2.1-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge, which will run between Detroit and Windsor,
Ontario, could begin as early as next year.
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