Construction Accidents: What It Takes to Tell the Full Story
[ad_1] The recent triple fatality at a Bechtel LNG construction project in Port Arthur, Texas, prompted heartfelt comments from firm President and Chief Operating Officer Craig Albert. “I can’t begin to express the shock and grief we feel across Bechtel,” he said, adding later that the company
Building the Hoover Dam Drove Engineers to New Heights
[ad_1] The Colorado River was a fault line of near-tectonic political forces by the 1920s, as the seven states within its basin continued to grow in population. A 1922 compact allocated water rights from the river, but farmers in California’s Imperial Valley suffered from unpredictable flows and
From the Archives: October 22, 1925 | Concrete Mixing Plant
[ad_1] This 1925 cover image depicts a concrete mixing plant—one of three—for a vital project in downtown Chicago, in which South Water Street was transformed into Wacker Drive, a major multilevel street running along the Chicago River in the Loop. The project entailed 300,000 cu yd of excavation
EPA, Energy Heads Lay Out Spending Plans With Major Cuts
[ad_1] The Trump administration has proposed cutting U.S. Dept. of Energy base discretionary funding by 9.4% and that of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s by 54.5%. With planned cuts totaling billions of dollars, the two agency chiefs outlined their priorities during a pair of congressional hearings May
Democratic Lawmakers Say Funding Shifts for Stalled Water Resource Projects Were Politically Motivated
[ad_1] A congressional analysis of construction projects that will receive continued funding under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ fiscal 2025 work plan shows that the Trump administration has prioritized projects in Republican-leaning states, steering funds away from projects in states those considered more “blue”—like California, Hawaii,