Related Links: Skanska, Forest City Ratner Sue Each Other Over World's Future Tallest Modular Building Dodge Costruction Starts Rise The value of new construction starts climbed 9% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $621 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The boost was powered by an 85% monthly increase in nonbuilding construction activity. That sector in turn was driven by starts of $6 billion for two liquefied natural gas export facilities, $1.5 billion for a liquefied petroleum gas export terminal and $1 billion for a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal, all in Texas. However, starts for
CH2M Hill Wins Alaska LNG Job The Alaska LNG Project in February awarded a contract to CH2M Hill for early front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for the storage and marine terminal at a liquefied natural gas plant to be built in Nikiski, Alaska. Facilities will include storage tanks and LNG trestles with two berths for 15-20 LNG carriers per month.Last November, Chiyoda Corp. and CB&I jointly were awarded a pre-FEED contract for the liquefaction plant and the storage and shipping terminal, to be done in collaboration with ASRC Energy Services Inc. The LNG project includes an 800-mile pipeline to
In a proposed settlement with the U.S. government over a 2014 coal-ash spill in North Carolina, Duke Energy will pay fines totaling more than $68 million, along with $34 million for ash-basin mitigation and community service, the Charlotte, N.C., utility said on Feb. 20.
Related Links: Contractor: Collapsed Ohio Overpass Had Engineer-Stamped Demo Plans Engineering Oversight Might Have Prevented Ohio Overpass Collapse, Says Bridge Inspector Kokosing Construction's preliminary internal investigations have detected an engineering error that may have contributed to the collapse of the Hopple Street Ramp Bridge and the death of Brandon Carl, according to a Feb. 13 statement.CEO William Brian Burgett apologized and said that the contractor has hired Jaansen & Spaans to design all future bridge-demolition plans in close collaboration with Kokosing staff, and shared its findings with the Ohio Dept. of Transportation and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which
Court Upholds Ruling Over Dispute Concerning Sick Hospital In mid-January, the Ohio Second Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling against NBBJ regarding a dispute between the architect and Miami Valley Hospital and its corporate arm devoted to the health-care sector, Premier Health Partners. In the suit, the hospital made no allegations of design negligence regarding the hospital's 12-story Heart Patient Tower, designed by NBBJ. At issue was the commercial general liability coverage under its contract with NBBJ. The dispute was triggered by an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in 2011 at the then-new facility. One of the 11 patients
