'Energy Burdens' Report: Up to 9% of Income in Rural, Poor US Households Go to Energy; Hit Hardest: New England, SE States
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Rural households across the United States spend a disproportionately high share of their income on energy bills — about 40% more than their metropolitan counterparts, according to a new report released today by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) and the Energy Efficiency for All (EEFA) coalition. The problem is most glaring in the East and Southeast, and among low-income households across all regions. Overall, rural households have a median energy b...
Effective Management Essential to Unlocking Value Behind Infrastructure PPPs
SYDNEY - Stronger public sector oversight and contract management are essential to realising the true value of investment through public private partnerships (PPPs), according to new guidance from the Global Infrastructure Hub. The G20 initiative today launched its Public Private Partnership (PPP) Contract Management Tool—a free online resource that provides practical, user-friendly guidance for public officials in charge of managing PPP infrastructure projects after financial close, through...
The Stantec Team is Selected to Lead the Massive Bridging Kentucky Program for Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Lexington, KY (July 17, 2018) NYSE, TSX:STN: Global consulting firm Stantec has been selected by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) to assist in the planning, development, management, delivery, and oversight of the new Bridging Kentucky rehabilitation and replacement program. The Stantec-led Bridging Kentucky Program Team will have responsibility for more than 1,000 bridges across the state. As a critical first step, the team will help evaluate and prioritize the bridge improvements thro...
Victaulic Participates in Let's Build Construction Camp for Girls
EASTON, Pa., July 17,2018 - Victaulic®, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe-joining systems, hosted and sponsored the 2018 Let's Build Construction Camp for Girls of the Lehigh Valley. The week-long camp invites high school age girls to explore the construction trades, architecture, engineering, and construction manufacturing through hands-on experiences and field trips. On the morning of Wednesday, July 11, Victaulic welcomed about 30 participants and volunteers at its corpor...
Hilton Head Airport Extension Sustainably Overcomes Environmental Concerns
Residents of Hilton Head, S.C., have long been sensitive to the island’s environment. The island covers more than 69 square miles, but nearly 40 percent of it is water. The island includes 12 miles of Atlantic Ocean beachfront and has grown in popularity among tourists, retirees and people seeking vacation homes or a full-time residence on or near the shoreline. Harbour Town Village, the island’s primary shopping and resort destination, opened in 1969 when 2,500 residents lived full-tim...
EIA Expects that 2018 Gasoline Prices Have Peaked in the July Short-Term Energy Outlook
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Forecast Highlights Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $74 per barrel (b) in June, a decrease of almost $3/b from the May average. EIA forecasts Brent spot prices will average $73/b in the second half of 2018 and will average $69/b in 2019. EIA expects West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices will average $6/b lower than Brent prices in the second half of 2018 and...
Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge: Innovative Design Wins Awards, Moves More People
The original “Q Bridge” was built over the Quinnipiac River in New Haven, Conn., in 1958, but within 30 years its six lanes were insufficient for the growing traffic. Shortly before it was officially dedicated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in 1995 (to commemorate the attack on Pearl Harbor), local officials had decided it was time to replace the structure with a new bridge. For two decades the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CONNDOT), the Federal Highway Administration, t...
Video: Restoration and Seismic Strengthening of Gaddi Baithak in Kathmandu Durbar Square
Nepal’s Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli inaugurated the newly reconstructed and seismically strengthened Gaddi Baithak in Nepal on June 27. The former palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site in Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Urgent US$621 Billion Need for Africa to Meet UN Sustainable Development Goals for Drinking Water, Sanitation and Electricity
The Global Infrastructure Hub, a G20 initiative, has today published two reports that reveal an urgent need for infrastructure investment in 10 Compact with Africa[1]countries, and highlight the reforms required to encourage greater investment. The first of these reports, Global Infrastructure Outlook: Infrastructure Investment Need in the Compact with Africa Countries, reveals that, unless US$621 billion is invested in these 10 countries by 2030, they will fail to meet the UN Sustainable D...
Greenbyte Infographic: Renewable Energy in the USA
Renewable energy software company Greenbyte has gathered the data for renewable energy in the USA. After a series of infographics on European countries, Greenbyte focuses on the other side of the ocean and is showcasing the most impressive renewable numbers in the United States. The infographic focuses on data for wind, solar and hydro, highlights renewable energy production, the most recent data for capacity growth, the states topping the renewable charts and other thrilling facts about the...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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