US DOT Picks Winners for $1.5B in INFRA Grants

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has awarded $1.5 billion for 26 freight and highway infrastructure projects in the latest round of its seven-year-old Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grants program.

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New Technologies for Reduced-Carbon Concrete Are On the Horizon

Startups and more established suppliers of products that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete are developing systems to capture and sequester carbon dioxide. Some are even seeking ways to produce the material and its ingredients without creating huge carbon footprints.

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Construction Economics for September 19, 2022

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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$1B Malawi Hydropower Project Goes to Team Led by Norway's Scatec

A consortium led by Norwegian green energy developer and operator Scatec has signed a commercial agreement to finance, construct, operate and maintain a greenfield hydroelectric power plant with peak capacity of 350 MW in the southern African country of Malawi.

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