Big-Bladed Wind Beasts Need Behemoth Bases From Belgium - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 25 June , 2008
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Carbon Tool Could Become Green Design Mainstay - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Green building experts are calling for more standard measures of greenhouse-gas emissions that can be used in the development of carbon calculators that quantify the impact of development on the environmen
Publication Date: 25 June , 2008
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Lessons of 1993 Pay Dividends in 2008 - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
While the flood fight and cleanup continues in the upper Midwest, national experts are pointing to the disaster as yet another gloomy warning that the nation’s infrastructure is sorely in need of som
Publication Date: 25 June , 2008
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Markets Shift but Still Reach Far - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Now that shortages and high prices are making headlines, it finally has sunk in that the basics of human survival on earth—clean water, clean air, sufficient energy and usable land—are finite c
Publication Date: 25 June , 2008
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Regulation, Cost Turbulence Generate a Clean Power Play - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
In the game of Monopoly, the Electric Co. is a safe, dull play; it is priced low and generates modest income. In the real world, though, the electricity business is rougher than a rodeo bull ride: Governme
Publication Date: 25 June , 2008
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Weather Limits New Orleans' Hurricane Awareness Event- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
At the epicenter of the worst hurricane disaster the U.S. has ever suffered, it’s still a struggle for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to attract public interest in risk and how every citizen has a
Publication Date: 20 June , 2008
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CH2M Beats EnergySolutions On Big Nuke Waste Bid - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Dept. of Energy selected Denver-based CH2M Hill Cos., bidding alone as prime contractor against rival EnergySolutions, for the U.S. Energy Dept's Plateau Remediation Contract (PRC) at the huge Han
Publication Date: 19 June , 2008
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Midwest Staggers Back From the Flood - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Highways, bridges, dams and all kinds of flood-control structures, as well as the organizations that build and manage them, are recovering from an unannounced load test that sent a shock of floodwater roar
Publication Date: 18 June , 2008
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"My Name is Levee, and I Have Risk"? - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Less than a year after the St. Louis District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers told the public that portions of the Mississippi River flood protection levees might not survive a 100-year flood event, co
Publication Date: 11 June , 2008
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Barriers and Gates Take Shape to Protect Venice From the Sea - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Venetians have waited for centuries for a solution to tidal flooding of their famous lagoon. Although visible elements of a $6.7-abillion barrier system are largely now in place, funding shortfalls may fur
Publication Date: 11 June , 2008
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Painful Lesson of Katrina Spreads Across the Land - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A harsh lesson of Hurricane Katrina—that an incomplete protection system is no system at all—appears to be sinking in.
Publication Date: 11 June , 2008
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Engineers Dig Channel To Drain Lake- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Chinese officials have created a 10-meter-wide, 475-m-long diversion channel to drain water from an earthquake-formed lake without dynamite or any blasting device. They have removed 135,500 cu m of mud and
Publication Date: 06 June , 2008
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Dispute Over Big Reservoir Heads to Mediation this Month - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Mediation is scheduled for this month in a lawsuit that has led to suspension of construction on the flagship project of the comprehensive program to restore Florida’s Everglades. Last month, faced w
Publication Date: 04 June , 2008
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Gulf Coast Defenses Are Up, But Risks Remain in Areas - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With billions of dollars of repairs to flood-protections around New Orleans put in place since 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, “the levee system has never been better in Greater New Orleans,” r
Publication Date: 04 June , 2008
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Warnings of a Looming Funding Gap for Repairs - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Because of changes in the U.S. economy—partly driven by the retirement of the baby boomer generation—finding a solution to the nation’s levee problems is going to take new initiatives fro
Publication Date: 04 June , 2008
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Hurricane Defenses Are Going Up, But So Is Complacency - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
With billions of dollars of repairs to flood-protections around New Orleans put in place since 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, “the levee system has never been better in Greater New Orleans,” r
Publication Date: 30 May , 2008
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Georgia Streamlines Agencies To Promote Reservoir Builds - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 28 May , 2008
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Troops Blast Lake Drainage As Aftershocks Rock China - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 28 May , 2008
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Sinkhole Collapse Lands Firm in Deep Water - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Texas Railroad Commission has issued a citation to the DeLoach Oil and Gas Wastewater Disposal Co. in southeast Texas that accuses the company of violating permits for disposal of saltwater, which some
Publication Date: 27 May , 2008
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Los Angeles Maps $1-Billion Water Conservation Program - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The city of Los Angeles has announced an ambitious plan to increase recycled water use, improve groundwater recharge and conserve water in an effort to meet demand in dry and arid Southern California.
Publication Date: 22 May , 2008
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Temblor Was Stronger Than Anticipated - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Chinese and international search-and-rescue teams continue to sift through the remains of buildings turned to rubble by the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province on May 12, while the first struc
Publication Date: 21 May , 2008
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Beleagured Board Comes Down For Precedent: Trees on Levees Must Go - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
After more than a year of debate, the levee authority in New Orleans has granted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers right-of-entry to remove trees and fences over residents’ objections along a section
Publication Date: 16 May , 2008
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San Diego Water Board Votes To Raise San Vicente Dam - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The San Diego County Water Authority board of directors last week certified the environmental impact report to raise San Vicente Dam by 117 ft.
Publication Date: 08 May , 2008
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Fat Fuel Will Fly Faster Than Chickens Ever Could - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Food Shortages Turn Corn to Toast as Fuel - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The corn-ethanol industry has sailed through storms of controversy over its net-energy balance and its value as a gasoline oxygenate to replace methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether (MTBE). But ethanol price volatil
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Modified Waters Plan Awaits Public Comments To Advance - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Study Supports Desalination - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A new report from the National Research Council underscores desalination’s viability as a potential method for boosting the nation’s water supply but says more research is needed to bring the c
Publication Date: 07 May , 2008
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Treated Effluent Eyed For Heating and Cooling Buildings - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A California water agency is considering using treated effluent as a heating and cooling source for office buildings in a nearby business park. The estimated $50-million to $70-million project, which could
Publication Date: 30 April , 2008
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GAO Rejects URS/Washington DOE Bid Claim of $4 Billion - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has rejected a protest by the Washington division of URS Corp., formerly Boise-based Washington Group International, against the selection of a Fluor Corp.-led tea
Publication Date: 28 April , 2008
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Corps Urged to Raise Volume On New Orleans Risk Warnings - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A panel of the American Society of Civil Engineers is urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to turn up the volume on warnings that the risk of another storm disaster in New Orleans cannot be reduced to a
Publication Date: 25 April , 2008
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Backyard Tiff Stalls Plan To Clear Trees From Levees - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Some New Orleans homeowners want flood protection, but not at the cost of their trees and fences.
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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Drought Drives Israel Toward More Desalination Capacity - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Israel is speeding up efforts to bring desalination plants online to cope with the country’s growing water crisis. On April 7, the National Infrastructure and Finance ministries issued a prequalifyin
Publication Date: 23 April , 2008
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Corps Runs Operation Mildred, Hurricane Prep Exercise - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Almost two months before the start of the 2008 hurricane season, "Mildred" came ashore in New Orleans with tropical force winds and a 6-to-9 ft storm surge.
Publication Date: 18 April , 2008
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Border-Fence Work Continues Despite Environmental Opposition - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Environmental groups critical of the Dept. of Homeland Security’s decision to waive environmental laws to speed construction of the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border hope a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Mississippi Waters Diverted Into Lake - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to monitor Mississippi River levels throughout the Mississippi River Drainage Basin to ensure the recent opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway will be sufficient t
Publication Date: 16 April , 2008
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Mississippi River Spillway Divides the Flood - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Several hundred spectators jockeyed for a view April 11 as the first needles were pulled in bay #349 of the Bonnet Carré Spillway, 28 miles upriver form New Orleans. The action diverted a portion of
Publication Date: 11 April , 2008
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Corps Opens Spillway Gates To Protect New Orleans - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Corps of Engineers will open the Bonnet Carré Spillway--a massive floodwater diversion channel upriver from New Orleans--to relieve pressure on Mississippi River levees in the city and points so
Publication Date: 10 April , 2008
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New Orleans Storm-Surge Barrier Contract is Awarded- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority have awarded the largest civil works design-build contract in Corps history to Shaw Environmental &
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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Belgium Firm Awarded Major Contract for Panama Canal - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has awarded a $177.5- million dredging contract to a Belgium firm to widen and deepen the Pacific entrance to the canal as part of the $5.25-billion expansion of the waterw
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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New Orleans Braces As Mississippi Swells - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is closely monitoring rising flows on the Mississippi River to determine if the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Norco, La., must be opened in the coming days to divert floodwaters
Publication Date: 09 April , 2008
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D.C. Plant Must Develop Schedule To Limit Nitrogen - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must work with the Washington, D.C., Water and Sewer Authority to develop and commit to a time-table to reduce nitrogen discharge from WASA’s 370-million-gall
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Mix of Gases Can Improve Carbon-Dioxide Sequestration - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A Japanese utility company is claiming a breakthrough in carbon-dioxide sequestration technology that may make it more economically viable. But experts caution the technique may have limited application.
Publication Date: 02 April , 2008
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Las Vegas Water Agency Awards Lake Mead Tunnel Contract - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The drought gripping the southwest has forced fast growing communities like Las Vegas to undertake new water-related construction projects. On March 20, the Southern Nevada Water Authority awarded a $
Publication Date: 31 March , 2008
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Cash and Commitment Rescue Everglades Replumbing - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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DOE Weighs Plan To Privatize Yucca - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The U.S. Energy Dept. may be considering a plan to partly or wholly transfer its troubled nuclear waste repository program to private-sector management.
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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New Water Intake at Lake Mead Will Keep Las Vegas Wet - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 26 March , 2008
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Port of Oakland Approves Clean Air Initiative- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously March 18 to adopt a set of principles, goals and early actions designed to achieve an 85% reduction of health risks associated with seaport diesel
Publication Date: 20 March , 2008
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Atlanta's Downtown Corridor Hammered by a Twister - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 19 March , 2008
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Environmental Groups Sue Feds Over Colorado Gas Pipeline - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A coalition of conservation groups sued the federal government Wednesday to keep a proposed natural gas pipeline out of three roadless areas on national forest land near the town of Silt, 185 mi west of De
Publication Date: 18 March , 2008
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EPA Announces Tougher Standard for Ozone - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson announced March 12 that he had signed a more stringent eight-hour standard for ozone, the first revision of the standard in more than a decade,
Publication Date: 13 March , 2008
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Engineers Fail in their Duty To Keep Public Informed - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Engineers are failing the public by not effectively communicating risk, the cost of protection and alternatives for mitigating natural disasters, says Robert Gilbert.
Publication Date: 13 March , 2008
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Canadian Governments Tout Public-Private Effort - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Pennsylvania Towns Challenge Nutrient Program - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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Treat Some Levees As Dams, Say Panelists - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
If levees are as potentially hazardous as dams, they should be held to the same standard, says Lawrence Von Thun, who is retired from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. "A dam by any other name is still something that holds back water and poses a h
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Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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W.R. Grace to Pay Huge Montana Site Cleanup Bill - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Columbia, Md.-based W.R. Grace has agreed to pay $250 million, the highest sum in the history of the Superfund program, to help pay the cleanup costs of asbestos contamination in Libby, Mont., the U.S. Jus
Publication Date: 12 March , 2008
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CH2M Hill Is Set to Win London CSO Megaproject- ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
A team led by CH2M Hill Cos., Denver, is set to be awarded the program management contract for an estimated $4.5-billion sewage interceptor and storage tunnel through London. The project is intended to con
Publication Date: 11 March , 2008
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Hudson River PCB Cleanup Projects Under Construction - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 20 February , 2008
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Corps Delivers 100-year Protection Plan - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
For the first time, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a conceptual design for a system to provide a 100-year level of storm surge protection in New Orleans. On February 14, the Corps presented a map det
Publication Date: 19 February , 2008
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Akron Looks at Selling Sewers To Fund Scholarships - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Akron, Ohio, is looking to cash in on growing interest among investors in public infrastructure. City officials are exploring the possible sale or lease of Akron’s sewer and wastewater treatment syst
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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Projects Move From Virtual Toward Reality - ENR | McGraw-Hill Construction
Publication Date: 13 February , 2008
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