Most owners, contractors and project teams are working amicably to resolve cost and scheduling issues, attorneys' group says.

The projects could put unemployed workers back to work and help resolve a backlog of infrastructure projects, ASCE says.

Last summer, Chennai became the world’s first major city in which there was no water for residents to drink. But, as climate change makes flooding and drought more common, the city of 8 million is unlikely to be the last to run dry.

With COVID-19 economic slowdowns, and the resulting drop in demand for oil, gas and electricity, the outlook for traditional energy sector growth and capital investment is dim, if not outright grim.