From the AGC SmartBrief Newsletter dated 1/12/09.
Honolulu officials hope to start construction on an elevated commuter train in December of this year. The first of four contracts worth about $1 billion is expected to be awarded in February. Later this year, it will award a contract worth up to $600 million to a firm selected to design and build an elevated six-mile guideway, as well as one worth $120 million to build a maintenance storage facility.
From the AGC SmartBrief Newsletter dated 1/12/09.
Contracts worth $4 billion for levee and drainage projects in New Orleans will be offered by the Army Corps of Engineers. “The 113 contracts for the hurricane and storm-damage risk-reduction system will be the largest number we award in any given year,” said Col. Gregory Gunter, operations officer for Task Force Hope. “It’s going to be a huge year.” Projects involve bringing structures up to 100-year flood levels, improving drainage and adding a new pumping station. The Web site, http://www.FedBizOps.gov, will advertise the contracts.
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