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Sizewell C go-ahead as funding deal signed at £38bn

Construction Enquirer

Once operational in the 2030s, Sizewell C is forecast to save the electricity system £2bn a year. Sizewell C is already ramping up supply chain activity, with £330m in contracts signed so far and 70% of the total spend expected to go to British businesses. Sizewell C anticipates working with more than 3,500 UK firms.

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Hundreds of projects to reconnect communities separated by roadways will launch in 2025

Civil + Structural Engineer

Another aspect of the overall initiative will provide pedestrian enhancements on Lincoln Street under Interstate 70 including lighting upgrades, sidewalk/pedestrian curb ramp improvements, installation of bulb-outs (concrete curb extensions) and green infrastructure enhancements. Construction is slated for 2025.

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Yellowstone River Bridge Sits Tall at Top of Canyon to Improve Safety, Access and Views

ENR Construction

National Park system would come with its own unique set of challenges. We had to have a liquid cooling system for the concrete and monitor the temperature to make sure it was curing properly.” —Jon We’ll probably have about 50 people once we are ramped up this summer—some at the camp and some at a hotel.”

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Local Connection Key to Realizing Robust Housing

ENR Construction

These LEED Gold equivalent, all-electric buildings will be the tallest in Humboldt County. Early on, we were talking about mechanical systems for the units. For them to source the cement and the materials and the rock and the aggregate, they had to ramp up. Everybody had to ramp up,” Marty says.

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Cal Poly Humboldt's Vision for Realizing Robust Housing

ENR Construction

These LEED Gold equivalent, all-electric buildings will be the tallest in Humboldt County. Early on, we were talking about mechanical systems for the units. For them to source the cement and the materials and the rock and the aggregate, they had to ramp up. Everybody had to ramp up,” Marty says.

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Deep energy retrofits: The future of sustainable buildings

Construction Specifier

BPS helps states and local governments that strive to establish building performance standards by identifying federal and state resources available for energy efficiency programs and leveraging education of best practices to aggregate and ramp up adoption.

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Startup JetZero to build $4.7B factory in North Carolina

Construction Dive

The startup also plans to work with the states community college system to create a talent pipeline for the thousands of jobs it promises to spur. Boeing, which has produced its Dreamliner planes in South Carolina since 2007 , is in the midst of a $1 billion expansion to the campus as it looks to ramp production of the planes.