Turner-DGA Team Wins Contract for $158M California Emergency Operations Center
[ad_1] California officials recently selected a design-build team of Turner Construction Co. with DGA Architects for their $158-million Southern Region Emergency Operations Center, the contractor announced.The news operations center, part of the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES), would complement
ENR Travel Memories: Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, Ukraine 2008
[ad_1] ENR correspondent Peter Reina took a journey into the Chernobyl exclusion zone in eastern Ukraine in 2008 to see construction of a new enclosure over the nuclear power reactor that was destroyed in a 1986 explosion.Probably the most dangerous
New England States Seek First in US Joint Transmission Project Push
[ad_1] Six New England states have become the first in the U.S. to collectively and proactively launch a longer range push for new power transmission projects to relieve critical capacity gaps in the region—asking grid operator ISO New England to
Departing Congress Grants Control of RFK Stadium Site to DC
[ad_1] Congress’s last-minute spending appropriations saga had one more unexpected twist, with the Senate approving legislation to transfer administrative control of the Robert F. Kennedy Stadium campus to the District of Columbia. The move now puts the waterfront property in
ENR Travel Memories: China, Russia, Germany and the Gulf States, 2000s
[ad_1] ENR Deputy Editor Aileen Cho has many travel memories from her decades writing about construction, but there are a few instances that stand out from her many trips to distant locales.China, 2002Every trip for ENR is an adventure, even
New Order Gives Developer One Year to Take Down 84-Turbine Oklahoma Wind Farm
[ad_1] Clean energy developer Enel Group will appeal a federal judge’s new order to dismantle, in less than one year, its 84-turbine onshore wind energy site operating since 2015 on Osage nation land in Oklahoma—in the latest update of a
Biden Team Awards $2B+ For Clean Energy Projects Days From Departure
[ad_1] The Biden administration pushed out two high-profile funding awards for clean energy projects—both billion-dollar-plus—in its waning days before feared shifts in sector financial support and favorable policy take shape under the Trump government after Jan. 20.The U.S. General Services
What Chief Risk Officers Do For Construction
[ad_1] Chris Smith In the 1990’s it wasn’t uncommon to define risk management success as just limiting the number of deaths on a project site and purchasing and renewing insurance policies. But over the last 25 years, the risk manager
San Diego Wastewater Treatment Plant Fix Gets $250M Infusion From Congress
[ad_1] The continuing resolution signed Dec. 21 by President Joe Biden to fund the federal government through March includes $250 million for the U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission plan to repair and expand the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment
Rural Power Co-Ops Gain $4.37B in Late-Stage US Clean Energy Project Funding
[ad_1] In its latest—but still not final—clean energy funding push before departing on Jan. 19, the Biden Administration has awarded more than $4.37 billion to 10 U.S. rural power cooperatives through the U.S. Agriculture Dept.’s Empowering Rural America program. The funding