Corinne Grinapol

The 21 projects total $325 million and include weatherization, workforce development, wastewater treatment and energy efficiency retrofits among other endeavors. 

HDR recently introduced three redevelopment concepts for Harbor Island off Grand Haven, Mich., which will offer recreational activities on the former industrial and waste disposal site. 

The certificate-granting academy’s name references the Omaha Tribe, known as “the ones who go against the current,” many of whose members live on the reservation where the school is located.

Voting reps from nearly 200 nations at Dubai event ending Dec. 13 agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels—boosting renewables, nuclear energy and climate investment—but did not mandate specific actions to cut back traditional energy use.

A consortium led by France-based Suez Group, with Razel-Bec and VINCI subsidiary Triverio Construction has been awarded a civil engineering contract for the Haliotis 2 wastewater treatment facility in Nice, by Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur and Eau d’Azur.

The Loss and Damage fund for vulnerable nations now is operationalized, with initial funding commitments of more than $420 million. 

Cities and states are working to reduce emissions, but efforts must grow in scale and pace, according to the analysis released Nov. 14 by the Biden administration. 

In densely populated cities surrounded on all sides by water—the borough of Manhattan in New York City as a prime example—the risks from sea level rise and climate change are not just hypotheticals; they are existential threats.

Energy and resilience megaprojects starting and planned in New York and New Jersey pose big logistical challenges but will generate economic and quality of life benefits, said public and private industry experts at Sept. 15 ENR forum in New York City.

The East Bay Municipal Utility District in Oakland, Calif., awarded a $237-million contract to Flatiron for construction projects at two of the utility’s water treatment plants: the Upper San Leandro Water Treatment Plant, built in 1927, and the Sobrante Water Treatment Plant.