Courtesy of Honeywell UOP Valero's new advanced diesel plant in Norco, La., will take in waste animal fats and grease and turn them into clean fuels. Related Links: Butanol Backers Push Retrofit Effort as Ethanol Boom Fades How Equipment Suppliers Design for Clean Diesel The last pipe and tube work is under way at Valero Energy Corp.'s new Diamond Green Diesel plant, which will create fuel from waste animal fats rather than petroleum feedstocks.Believed to be the largest plant of its kind in the world, DGD will take in some 11% of waste animal fats and grease in the U.S.
As U.S. subsidies for ethanol continue to disappear, retrofit installations to produce butanol—touted as a superior fuel with superior financial incentives—are catching on at plants, says butanol technology provider Butamax, the joint venture between BP and DuPont Chemical.
The roundabout, a circular intersection in which traffic flows through from incoming streets in one direction around a central island, is booming in the U.S.—so much so that some engineering firms see it as a straight-up opportunity.
Related Links: InvestorPlace: 5 Construction Stocks To Load Up and Buy Motley Fool: Comparing Two E&C Stocks It has been a brutal year for construction stocks, but hedge funds and exchange-traded funds tracking the construction sector have provided modest appreciation.The popularity of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has exploded in recent years, bringing increasing play to construction and infrastructure stocks. Miami's Mastec Inc. (NYSE:MTZ) is included in at least 26 ETFs—such as First Trust's Clean Edge Smart Grid (NASDAQ:GRID)—and that exposure is good for the firm, says J. Marc Lewis, Mastec investor-relations coordinator."I'm sure it does help drive demand for our stock,"
Photo by Tudor Van Hampton Pumped up Retail filling stations for natural-gas vehicles, such as this one in Chicago, are popping up, but domestic supplies are debatable. Related Links: View complete report with Data and Analysis Few companies are operating retail natural-gas fueling stations across the U.S. these days. However, the prospect of many years of cheap natural gas is spurring a small construction boom to build out the country's so-called "natural-gas highway."Most of the stations today are add-ons to existing gas and diesel filling stations. "We have about 300 stations today, mostly CNG [compressed natural gas], and are building
A labor shortage, brutal weather and caribou have bogged down the $1-billion expansion and upgrade of a crucial highway in the Canadian province of Alberta, while public concern mounts over the frequency of deaths on that road.
Courtesy of AGC San DieGO San Diegans will vote on June 5 on whether to ban PLAs on public works. Related Links: Even With Numbers Down, ABC Is Energized by Anti-PLA Fight The "Spanish Imposition" Hits San Diego Seeking to follow what its surrounding county did in 2010, the city of San Diego will decide on June 5 the fate of Proposition A—whether to ban the use of project labor agreements, or PLAs, in public works not linked to state or federal funds. The measure is supported by local contractor groups but already has spawned state legislation that seeks to
When the Expo line opens this month, trains will bypass the Farmdale Station, which is still under construction. Courtesy ECA Still unfinished, Culver City Station is the last station included in phase-one work. Related Links: Rail Ramps Up as Global Development Tool Expo Line Official Website After years of fits and starts, Los Angeles' Exposition Light Rail Line is set to open on April 28.
Green Plains Renewable Energy, the nation's largest ethanol producer, is building what it calls a first-of-its-kind production system to transform algae into fuel.
Last spring, more than 4,000 homes were destroyed and 1,000 Minot Air Force Base airmen displaced when the Souris River flooded, breaking century-old crest records.