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Should Contractor-Financed Projects Be Competitively Bid?

Construction Dive

By Bruce Jervis Pressing needs for infrastructure and other public facilities, combined with limited funding sources, are changing the way public projects are financed. A recent challenge to a lease-leaseback arrangement in California was squarely addressed by the procurement statutes. Some states, however, have been proactive.

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Top Railway Projects in the US

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There’s currently a major opportunity for railway construction projects in the United States, thanks to increasing infrastructure funding and support from citizens. . California: High Speed Rail. California’s high-speed rail project will eventually extend to San Diego and Sacramento and would total 800 miles and 24 stations. .

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Bonds OK'd by Calif. for SoCal-Las Vegas Rail Link

ENR Construction

billion high-speed rail line between Southern California and Las Vegas secured a major portion of financing, with the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank approving the developer’s $3.5-billion Virgin Trains’ planned $4.8-billion billion bond request.

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Senate Finance Passes Tax Extensions | ENR: Engineering News.

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Search our site: Infrastructure. ENR California. Senate Finance Passes Tax Extensions. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. Building Types. Construction Methods. Sustainability.

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California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real.

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Search our site: Infrastructure. ENR California. California Photovoltaic Test Lab Dives Into Technologies With Real World Experiments. & receive immediate web access $82 a year (includes full web access)-->. Transportation. Environment. Power & Industrial. Water & Dams. Rebuilding Japan. Gulf Oil Spill. ENR Midwest.

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Officials Outline 'Preferred' Path Forward on California's Bay Delta.

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Search our site: Infrastructure. ENR California. Officials Outline Preferred Path Forward on Californias Bay Delta. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar supports $14-billion proposal to transfer water from northern California to the Central Valley, but several lawmakers in the region to be tapped blasted the plan. Environment.

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Google Invests $1B in Green Energy Projects

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75 million to create a fund with Clean Power Finance to help up to 3,000 homeowners go solar. 168 million in BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah project, a solar thermal plant currently being built in California’s Mojave Desert. 157 million into Alta Wind, a wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains in Southern California.

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