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UK Parliament Restoration Remains 'Painfully Slow,' Report Finds

Peter Reina
Peter Reina
May 22, 2023
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Cost projections have run between $8 billion and $16 billion for the project to renovate the 1,100-room Victorian-era complex by the River Thames in London.


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California Moves to Streamline Infrastructure Project Approvals

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James Leggate
May 19, 2023
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Gov. Gavin Newsom May 19 executive order creates an “infrastructure strike team” to identify and expedite key projects, and his plan for a legislative package would further reduce time to move them from planning to construction.


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Virginia TBM Projects Mark Progress

Jim Parsons
May 19, 2023
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One tunnel boring machine has made headway drilling a new 5,700-ft-long tube for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, part of a $756-million project to eliminatie a longstanding bottleneck by connecting parallel above-water segments constructed in 1995 to carry southbound traffic.


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EPA Would Curb Coal Ash Disposal Exemptions at Legacy Sites

Jim Parsons
May 18, 2023
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Hundreds of ash disposal sites at inactive US power plants could be subject to new federal safety regulation under a rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


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Arlington National Cemetery Awards $108M Contract to Manhattan Construction

Michael Powell
May 18, 2023
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The Arlington National Cemetery will construct an Operations Complex.



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DOE Awards $251M for Carbon Storage, Transport Projects

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James Leggate
May 17, 2023
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Funding from the 2021 infrastructure law will expedite 12 projects targeting carbon emissions from power generation and other industrial operations, said US Energy Dept. officials.



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GSA Launches Low-Carbon Building Materials Pilot Program

Tom Ichniowski
Tom Ichniowski
May 16, 2023
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The program focuses on 11 buildings projects, and is intended to reduce emissions associated with federal construction and promote wider adoption of environmental product declarations for building materials.


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High Court Overturns Contractor Louis Ciminelli Bid Scheme Conviction

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Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
May 15, 2023
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The "right-to-control theory" used by federal prosecutors "cannot form the basis for a conviction under federal fraud statutes,” Justice Clarence Thomas said in the unanimous opinion, with the high court also ruling on disputes related to the controversial Mountain Valley gas pipeline and to state mandates affecting interstate commerce.


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Stellantis Halts Construction of Ontario Battery Module Plant

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James Leggate
May 15, 2023
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The automaker is in a dispute with the Canadian government over subsidies for its $3.7-billion electric vehicle battery plant project.


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Clean Energy Project Tax Rules Under Climate Change Law Unveiled

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Mary B. Powers
May 12, 2023
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U.S. Treasury Dept. details Inflation Reduction Act investment and production tax incentives that could unlock billions for more domestic manufacturing, but projects could still gain credits even with use of polysilicon wafers that one trade group said is 95% imported from China.



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