KINGSTON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority’s top executive says changing the way waste is stored at its power plants should reduce the risk of another disastrous coal ash spill like the one that tarnished a riverside community a year ago. But he isn’t offering any guarantees… Source: Associate
The work will consist of mechanical and hydraulic construction of containment levees requiring deep excavation to minus 70 feet, shoreline protection, and spilbox rehab to increase the capacity of PA 14 and PA 15, and maintenance and… More info: www.fbo.gov;
SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–Australia’s New South Wales state government said Friday that Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (0013.HK) has been awarded the right to operate the third container terminal at Sydney’s Port Botany, due to be completed in 2012… Source: The Wall Street journal ,December 18, 2009
The state Board of Public Works approved Wednesday a 50-year lease that will allow a private company to manage operations at the port of Baltimore. Officials say the deal will generate at least $1.3 billion and 5,700 new jobs… Source:baltimoresun.com,December 17,2009;
Plans for a $190 million Miami-Dade Water and Sewer project are washed up after officials decided they couldn’t build the “utility tunnel” in time for the Port of Miami dredging project they said earlier this month necessitated it… Source:miamitodaynews,December 17,2009;
THE State Government looks to have given the nod for funding of the first stage of the $100 million-plus Townsville Marine Precinct Project at the mouth of Ross River… Source:townsvillebulletin,December 16,2009;
Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC) has announced the overall completion of the Channel Deepening Project – ahead of schedule and at least $200 million under budget… Source: Logistics ,December 16, 2009;
Engineering consultancy DHV has won the contract to improve the navigability on 250 kilometers of the Mekong river in Vietnam… Source: New Civil Engineer, December 16, 2009
HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2009 – Orion Marine Group, Inc., a leading heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, today announced a contract award of approximately $20 million… Source: CNN Money, December 15, 2009
The chief executive officer of the Belledune Port Authority is concerned the proposed NB Power deal with Hydro-Québec could jeopardize a multimillion-dollar expansion of the northern port… Source: CBC News, December 14, 2009;
Google and a consortium of five telecommunication firms have joined together in a $400 million project to connect southeast Asia with the fastest undersea fiber-optic pipe in the world. The project is called Southeast Asia Japan Cable… Source: The Business Insider, December 14, 2009;
An ever-increasing flow of black sand appearing on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour could spell the end of a multi-million dollar marine turbine power project for Crest Energy, according to a Kaipara beach historian… Source:stuff.co.nz,December 14,2009;
DREDGING work on the second Tyne Tunnel is set to be finished this week… Source: The Shields Gazette, December 14, 2009;
The City of Burnaby got the go ahead Thursday to dredge Burnaby Lake, home to the endangered Western painted turtle… Source: Burnaby Now, December 12, 2009;
