A 60-40 joint venture of Granite Construction Inc. and Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction Co. LLC has won a $348-million progressive design-build contract to upgrade a stretch of U.S. 89 in Utah.
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On Jan. 6 and 7, numerous earthquakes rocked Puerto Rico, destroying buildings and causing widespread power outages, according to news reports.
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With a massive appropriations package now in place for the rest of fiscal year 2020, engineering firms and contractors can breathe easier as the construction season approaches, knowing how much funding is available through Sept. 30 for important federal infrastructure programs.
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Under a new settlement with state regulators, communities and environmental groups, Duke Energy will spend $3.5 billion to close its last nine coal-ash storage impoundments in North Carolina, bringing the company’s cost of closing all of its coal-ash sites in North and South Carolina to between $8 billion and $9 billion.
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With 2020 still barely underway, industry sector analysts already are sizing up growth prospects and risk factors for key construction markets and for publicly owned firms this year.
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The backlog of unfunded Superfund cleanups continues to grow, according to numbers recently released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Plans to build the nation’s largest solar energy farm took a major step toward reality in late December with the release of the federal Bureau of Land Management’s final environmental impact statement for the proposed $1-billion Gemini Solar Project in Nevada.
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Ruling rejects state PUC contention it lacked jurisdiction for environmental study of border plant’s CO2 releases before approving bi-state power purchase agreements.
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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission must reconsider if an environmental review is needed for a $700-million, 525-MW natural gas plant proposed for construction in neighboring Wisconsin, a Minnesota appeals court said in a Dec. 23 decision.
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Consolidation and management of coal-ash is dirty, dangerous work, and heavy equipment brought in to shift and compact the waste from coal-fired power plants can pose a hazard for workers.
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