Top 500 Sourcebook: Water Treatment Plant Swiftly Moving Full Scale

Hazen and Sawyer is working with AECOM to provide program management services for the full-scale $1-billion implementation of the Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) for Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) in southeastern Virginia.

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Mixed Reviews for EPA Move to Speed Energy Permits

The outlook for new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidance aimed at streamlining permit approvals for natural gas pipelines and other energy infrastructure projects is murky, at best, and could lead to more frequent legal skirmishes, some observers say.

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Construction Economics for June 24, 2019

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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Infrastructure 'Bonus' May Be Thinner in Fiscal 2020

As construction industry officials wait to see whether Congress will agree to raise overall federal spending caps for fiscal 2020 and 2021, House Democratic appropriators are pushing to approve as many of the spending bills for fiscal year 2020 as they can by the July 4 break.

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L.A. Metro Unveils Two New TBMs for Purple Line Extension

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) on Monday unveiled two new tunnel boring machines (TBMs) for the authority’s $9.3 billion Purple Line Extension project, which will connect subway transit service from downtown Los Angeles to the city’s westside by 2027.
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