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Shutdown Extended of Fire-Damaged Texas LNG Export Site

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June 20, 2022 Mary B. Powers and Debra K. Rubin KEYWORDS construction fire / Energy Construction / Freeport LNG / Liquified Natural Gas / shutdown Order Reprints No Comments Freeport LNG expects partial operation to resume in early September at its $13.5-billion liquefied natural gas plant and export terminal in Freeport, Texas, follo...

House Approves Landmark $700-Billion Climate and Tax Bill

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August 12, 2022 Pam McFarland and Tom Ichniowski KEYWORDS climate change bill / energy efficiency / renewable energy Order Reprints No Comments Democrats in the House of Representatives pushed through a sweeping climate, health care and tax package that includes billions of dollars in tax incentives and authorized funding for projects set...

Carolina Panthers Offer $82M to Settle Claims on Canceled $800M Facility

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August 18, 2022 Jim Parsons KEYWORDS Bankruptcies / Carolina Panthers Order Reprints No Comments The developer of the Carolina Panthers headquarters and practice facility in Rock Hill, S.C., has put forward a proposal to settle claims arising from the abrupt cancelation of the $800 million project earlier this year.GT Real Estate Holdings,...

Roman Peter Wengler, global leader in thin-arch concrete dams, dies Aug. 8

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August 22, 2022 Jennie Phipps KEYWORDS dam construction / engineer Order Reprints No Comments Roman Peter Wengler was a “disruptor” in the world of dam building long before that was a word for an innovator.Wengler, who died at age 95 on Aug. 8 in Houston, was a global leader in the design of thin-arch concrete dams. He worked for 39 yea...

California High-Speed Rail Authority Approves $4B San Francisco Line

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August 23, 2022 James Leggate KEYWORDS California High-Speed Rail Authority / high-speed rail Order Reprints No Comments California’s high-speed rail plans are chugging forward. The state authority behind the rail system OK’d an environmental review of an estimated $4-billion stretch that would extend the line 43 miles from San Jose nor...

2022 Top 250 International Contractors: Firms Build Inroads to Recovery

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August 24, 2022 Emell D. Adolphus, Peter Reina, and Jonathan Keller KEYWORDS global contractor / international contractor / Rankings / Top Lists Order Reprints No Comments Amid an increasingly complex global construction market, Top 250 International Contractors report that owners are placing a greater emphasis on meeting basic project ...

Rock Hill, SC, Sues Carolina Panthers' Owner Over Canceled $800M Facility

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The City of Rock Hill, S.C., has filed an adversarial lawsuit to recover $20 million plus damages from developers of the now-canceled Carolina Panthers $800-million headquarters and practice facility.The Sept. 7 filing in federal court in Delaware is part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings for GT Real Estate Holdings, LLC, created by Panthers owner David Tepper to manage the 234-acre mixed-use project in Rock Hill.The city, which had agreed in 2019 to issue $225 million in bonds to f...

Fiona Slams Puerto Rico, Bringing Floods, Landslides, Power Outages

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Hurricane Fiona's sweep across Puerto Rico brought heavy rains, flooding and landslides, knocking out power to the entire island that still is rebuilding its electric grid after the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017. The Category 1 hurricane, which struck the island’s southwest coast on Sept. 18, caused extensive damage as forecasters warned of historic levels of rain through the next few days, the Associated Press reports.Up to 30 in. of rain was expected in Puerto Rico’s ...

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel: Florida ‘becoming like California’ due to home prices

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People from California and New York continue to buy homes and invest in Florida's real estate market with no signs of slowing down.

I-66 Express section to open with Ferrovial’s self-driving tech

Construction Dive Construction Dive | 1 year ago

Dive Brief: A recently overhauled stretch of Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia will fully reopen by the end of the month, featuring three regular lanes, two managed lanes in each direction, and improved interchanges, said Nancy Smith, corporate affairs director at the consortium in charge of construction. The project is also the first roadway to use a vehicle-to-infrastructure system developed by Ferrovial — a Cintra subsidiary — to support self-driving vehicles, according to Cintra...