With the designation by the governor, courts must decide environmental quality challenges to the project within 270 days.

Pestrella has spent his entire 38-year career at LA County Public Works, making his way up from field hydrologist to director.

State agencies, manufacturers, utilities and others are ramping heat pump adoption efforts, while a Washington state judge on March 21 revoked a passed ballot measure that aimed to retain natural gas use in the state building code.

National Transportation Safety Board also recommends vulnerability assessments for 68 U.S. bridges one year after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed following a ship strike to one of its piers.

The project includes linking the reservoir to a 350-mile pipeline network connecting to both the Colorado River and California aqueducts.

The Top Design Firms survey deadline of March 31 applies to all of ENR's Regional Editions.

While infrastructure and tech-focused sectors show steady growth, interest rates and lingering pandemic effects dampen outlook.