The Department of the Interior has opened the public comment period for the environmental impacts of the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) project. The project envisions a link between the proposed off shore wind farms in the Atlantic from Virgina to New Jersey and will provide an efficient means of transporting…
Some things are truly amazing. A garage under construction in Cleveland collapsed and no one was killed or even injured. See pictures and the story here. There will be multiple investigations, of course, and somebody’s project will be dealing with a major curve ball.
Chances are, you get your water from a public drinking water system, even though approximately two thirds of drinking water systems in this country are non-community systems — think campgrounds and schools. And the chances are that the system that provides your water needs an upgrade. The American Society of…
Maybe. According to this article by Katy Barnato, private construction spending in the U.S. is expected to push $10 Billion this year, based on data through the first three quarters. Manufacturing, office and warehouse construction are leading the charge. It should be no surprise to anyone that residential construction continues…
A joint venture of AECOM, its Tishman Construction unit and STV was awarded a $19 million contract to provide construction management and other services for the Moynihan Station project which will expand Penn Station New York. Phase one of the project is estimated at $267 million and will create passenger…
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell wants to increase the percentage of any year-end surplus and sales tax that is spent on transportation projects. According to this article, the specific proposals include: * Increasing transportation’s share of year-end surpluses to 75 percent. * Authorizing the Commonwealth Transportation Board to implement a version…
If you answered “yes” but only because the title conjured up images of late nights in a small room with 11 other jurors of your peers…there is another type of “sequestration” that might be of concern to you. The more noteworthy sequestration is the automatic budget cuts that were triggered…
Virginia announced a $940 million dollar P3 agreement with Flour-Transurban. The agreement calls for the construction of a 29 mile hot lane to ease the Virginia’s traffic congestion, especially during rush hour. The agreement calls for Fluor-Transurban to pay $843 million and Virginia to $97 million. Most of the current…
A funny thing happened at a recent ENRNewYork infrastructure conference titled Where’s the Money? — they found some. During a panel discussion concerning infrastructure financing, both Robert Dove, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group and Christophe Petit, President, Star America Infrastructure Partners, told the large audience that they had “money to…
With all the talk — and all the press — about our cash-strapped federal government, you’d think that announcements of new government spending would be few and far between. But not if you’re into green building. President Obama is teaming with former President Clinton to invest $4 Billion — yes,…