Nicola Valiante, engineering-director of design services for Milan, Italy-based Webuild S.p.A, has always been interested to find better ways to do things.
Agency faces major impacts as government nears partial shutdown in light of growing displeasure over recent actions related to undocumented immigrant enforcement.
Status of FEMA funding remains in limbo for the next fiscal year, at least through Feb. 3, since the agency is part of the Homeland Security department, now embattled over immigration enforcement.
Leaders of the union and its contractors group plan to boost organizing and use of AI, while seeking growth in emerging North American construction sectors.
US Environmental Protection Agency wants to maintain legally enforceable limits on the most-studied types of forever chemicals known as PFAS but would roll back standards established for four other types, including GenX.
Separate programs work collectively to reduce reliance on imported supply, including effort to manufacture water through innovative deep-ocean desalination.
Utilities and industry grappled with multiple demands, from 'forever chemical' remediation to funding shortfalls, at the AWWA's annual event in Washington, D.C.
