Sustainability & Resilience

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    Project Wins

    Turner lands $158M California emergency operations project

    The state center to enhance disaster response capabilities across Southern California includes an office building, warehouse and energy infrastructure.

    By • Updated Dec. 19, 2024
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    Justices could scale back environmental law in NEPA case

    The National Environmental Policy Act has become an important tool for obstruction by certain groups, according to a veteran appellate advocate.

    By David Weisenfeld • Dec. 13, 2024
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    BOEM issues final federal permit for US Wind’s 2-GW Maryland offshore wind project

    The wind farm will be a first for the state and will bolster the offshore wind supply chain, according to the Oceantic Network.

    By Emma Penrod • Dec. 10, 2024
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    Opinion

    Trump’s push for deregulation a double-edged sword for construction

    The president-elect’s focus on slashing red tape could be problematic for contractors and developers, writes a construction risk management expert.

    By Christopher Ward • Dec. 5, 2024
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    Project Milestones

    Jacobs starts $740M water recycling plant in LA

    The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant will provide a drought-resistant drinking water supply for Southern California’s San Fernando Valley.

    By • Dec. 3, 2024
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    New York’s Clean Path transmission project on ice

    The state of New York and developers agreed to terminate contracts underpinning the 175-mile power line, slated to come online in 2027.

    By Robert Walton • Dec. 3, 2024
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    Column // The Dotted Line

    Navigating sustainability provisions in construction contracts

    Every decision made for a project — from what materials are used to how they’re transported — has a carbon footprint, and each of those choices has a contract associated with them, attorneys say.

    By • Nov. 26, 2024
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    California builder launches contech investment arm

    Webcor Ventures, an offshoot of the San Francisco-based contractor, made its inaugural investment in modular construction firm R2 Building.

    By • Nov. 26, 2024
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    Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

    The new administration will likely roll back regulations affecting fossil-fuel power plants, including a carbon emissions rule, according to an industry expert.

    By Ethan Howland • Nov. 13, 2024
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    WSP leaders rosy on US work post election

    The Canadian megacontractor reported higher revenue, profits and backlog in its third quarter, with plans for more acquisitions on the horizon.

    By • Nov. 12, 2024
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    Feds press Louisiana on $3B coastal restoration megaproject

    Lawsuits have stalled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion effort, so officials have threatened to pull funding.

    By • Nov. 5, 2024
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    $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge project sued over environmental concerns

    The lawsuit alleges officials didn’t sufficiently study the impact of the new Cincinnati-area span and says the design doesn’t do enough to include biking and transit.

    By • Oct. 28, 2024
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    Contech startup contest taps 8 finalists

    From an AI chatbot plumbing project specs to cosmic rays peering inside infrastructure, the Cemex Ventures-led annual contest surfaced an array of emerging construction tech.

    By • Oct. 23, 2024
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    $13B overhaul of I-45 in Houston breaks ground after years of delays

    The controversial highway widening project, one of Texas’ largest infrastructure efforts, is expected to take 18 years to complete.

    By • Oct. 22, 2024
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    Interior approves 2-GW Fervo Energy geothermal project in Utah

    The Bureau of Land Management also proposed a categorical exclusion to NEPA that would streamline the permitting process for some geothermal projects.

    By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 22, 2024
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    White House touts low-carbon concrete buy-in from suppliers, contractors

    The Biden administration, in partnership with the likes of Turner Construction, Clark Pacific and Ozinga, wants to leverage public procurement as a decarbonization tool.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Election 2024

    Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on construction’s top issues

    Here are Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s views on the industry’s most pressing topics, including immigration, permitting, infrastructure and more.

    By Construction Dive Staff • Oct. 16, 2024
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    Project Wins

    Kiewit beats out 2 firms for Texas desalination plant job

    The city of Corpus Christi picked the firm to design and build its first seawater purification system, expected to cost at least $750 million, to drought-proof its water supply.

    By • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Opinion

    Communities nationwide plan disaster preparedness work

    As cities and states prepare for more extreme weather like this fall’s major hurricanes, there are hundreds of resiliency projects throughout the country already underway. Here are six of them.

    By Mary Scott Nabers • Oct. 11, 2024
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    Rays’ stadium roof blown off by Hurricane Milton

    The storm also toppled a crane at a St. Petersburg, Florida, construction site, tearing a hole in an office building.

    By , • Oct. 10, 2024
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    Project Milestones

    Swinerton breaks ground on Texas mass timber office

    The Austin building, which will be occupied by the contractor, features a different mechanical system on each floor.

    By • Oct. 9, 2024
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    Helene deals billions in damage to infrastructure

    Roads, bridges, electrical grids and water systems need to be rebuilt following the deadly storm, even as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida.

    By • Oct. 8, 2024
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    Executive Moves

    AECOM names head of new Water & Environment Advisory business

    Jill Hudkins, previously a strategic advisor with Tetra Tech, will serve as chief executive.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Q&A

    Shawmut founder builds global healthcare projects in retirement

    Jim Ansara helps run a nonprofit dedicated to providing sustainable medical facilities in countries like Haiti and Sierra Leone.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Balfour Beatty partners to develop 3D-printing materials

    Together with materials firm Versarien, the London-based builder will develop a variety of mortars for use in civil construction.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024