| January 2, 2013 | News for commercial building design and construction professionals |
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- Crumbling D.C. bridge highlights U.S. aging infrastructure
The country needs to spend about $926 billion to upgrade its transportation infrastructure, and a 60-year-old bridge over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., serves to highlight the need for infrastructure repairs. The country needs a reliable infrastructure, said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. "It’s the lifeblood of our economy, the key to connecting our markets, moving products and people, generating and sustaining millions of jobs for American workers, to not wasting hundreds of thousands of hours and millions of gallons of gas on clogged highways," he added. The Washington Post
(12/31), Forbes
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- $2.8B Miss. power plant project challenged by risks
The Mississippi Power Co., a Southern Co. subsidiary, faces several risks in building its $2.8 billion coal-fired power plant in Kemper County, Miss., according to this piece. Among the risks discussed in the article are cost overruns, the possibility that the new coal-to-gas technology may not work, and the fact that the company may not be able to recoup overruns through rate increases. Engineers at Burns & Roe tasked with monitoring the plant's construction say the cost could rise to $3.1 billion, and completion could be extended from May 2014 to November 2014. Engineering News-Record/The Associated Press
(12/28)
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- BREEAM honors U.K. building for outstanding sustainable features
The largest commercial structure in Manchester, England, called One Angel Square, is the highest scoring outstanding building for the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method in the U.K. The building was built to achieve "a 50% reduction in energy consumption, an 80% reduction in carbon emissions, and a 30% savings in operational costs." Among its sustainable features are the use of exposed concrete that will act like a "thermal sponge," along with systems for rainwater harvesting, recycling and heat recovery. Inhabitat
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- Leadership lessons from "Stormin' Norman"
Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the commander of Operation Desert Storm, died Thursday at age 78. His philosophy of leadership emphasized humility, hard work and moral fortitude. "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy," Schwarzkopf once said. Forbes
(12/27)
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