California's projected budget calls for $2 billion in cuts to transit agencies, creating uncertainty despite recent state and federal funding windfalls.
Southern California staging and integration facility for floating wind energy would be largest at a U.S. seaport, as new federal report points to needed investment boost in port, manufacturing and vessel support to meet wind production goal.
Mario Rodriguez likes to talk about the word “sawubona”—the Zulu greeting that translates to “I see you.” Engineers, he asserts, just want to be seen for the good work they do.
If the 6-ft, 4-in.-tall Mike Jones had only been a bit taller, he might not have become a veteran of Southern California infrastructure. “I needed another four to five inches,” says the former high-school basketball forward.
Rick Cotton pulled no punches when talking about the need to transform LaGuardia International Airport. Speaking to ENR last year while standing in the light-filled, glossy new Terminal B, he said, “LaGuardia had become the laughingstock of the city, nation and probably the world.
The two ports are using $703 million in grants awarded this fall under the federal funding law for projects, from hardening facilities against extreme weather events to reducing emissions.
A$190-million runway and taxiway reconstruction project at Indianapolis International Airport features the first-ever Federal Aviation Administration-approved use of a carbon capture technology in the pavement.