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NASA Seeks Shift to Bechtel of Future Moon Launcher Cost Risk

Richard Korman

July 28, 2022

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NASA says it wants to switch to a fixed-price contract.

Top 200 Environmental Firms 2022

India Engineer-Contractor Giant Takes Steps Down Greener Path

Neelam Mathews

July 28, 2022

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Third on the Top 200 Environmental Firms list, Larsen & Toubro sees good business in aiding developing world's transition to greener and lower-carbon economies.

Redevelopment

Google Deal to Breathe New Life Into Chicago's Iconic Thompson Center

Renovation plans include keeping late architect Helmut Jahn's soaring atrium

Annemarie Mannion

July 27, 2022

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Google plans to renovate the 1.2-million-sq-ft Loop building, completed in 1985, in a sustainable way.

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First Midwest Grid RFP Set for September in Record $10.3B Expansion

Mary B. Powers

July 27, 2022

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Midcontinent Independent System Operator, operating in 15 states, will bid 18 new transmission projects to connect 56 GW of clean power and add weather hardening.

Waters of Puget Sound flow between two mountainous banks with a bridge spanning them and a pine forest beyond.

Water Infrastructure

EPA Adds $132M in Funding to National Estuary Programs

James Leggate

July 27, 2022

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Twenty-eight estuary programs will evenly split the funds over five years for projects relating to water quality and extreme weather.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of August 1, 2022

July 27, 2022

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Project news from Dodge Data & Analytics for August 1, 2022.

Jobsite Fatality

Electrical Contractor Worker Dies at Charlotte Airport Jobsite

Jim Parsons

July 27, 2022

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An investigation is underway into the apparent electrocution death of an employee of Rosendin Electric at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

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Efficient 'Tree' Pulls Carbon From Thin Air

Scott Blair

July 27, 2022

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Researchers at Arizona State University have partnered with an Ireland-based startup to cultivate a new species of tree—one that is fabricated instead of grown.