The Orange County Board of Commissioners in Florida has approved a bridge project to mitigate collisions on one of the county’s most dangerous corridors. The estimated $35 million project – now in the design stage – will develop a new pedestrian bridge across the intersection of International Drive and Sand Lake Road in Orlando. Projected […]

Vanderbilt University plans to transform about 40 acres west of its main campus in midtown Nashville, much of which is now covered in surface parking. The university intends to replace those lots with a mixed‑use innovation district, drawing inspiration from Cornell Tech in New York and Harvard’s Allston campus. The design envisions research labs, spaces […]

The Morrow County School District in Oregon passed a $204.4 million bond following the close results of a special election on June 11, with residents approving the bond, 1,245 to 1,239. The General Obligation Bond will authorize the usage of residents’ property taxes to fund school district capital projects. As the bond was approved, the […]

The Regional Transportation Council (RTC) in North Texas has approved a sprawling $217.3 billion long-range plan to improve road, rail and public transportation. The council adopted the plan, also referred to as Mobility 2050, on June 12 to address multimodal transportation needs for the rapidly growing region. The RTC estimates that around four million people […]

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is awarding a $15.4 million grant to improve rail crossings along the Brightline rail corridor and the Florida East Coast Railway corridor in southeastern Florida. The Brightline rail corridor is an intercity passenger service, while East Coast Railway is serves primarily freight lines. In addition to Broward County, the cities […]

For those who worry that renewable energy projects could decline in number over the next several years, there is good news. There are no signs of a slowdown anywhere in the U.S. and in fact, it appears the opposite may be true. Numerous large renewable energy projects are about to launch throughout the country and […]

Google and CTC Global have announced a unique partnership to significantly enhance America’s power grid infrastructure. The companies issued a Request for Information (RFI) to states, utilities and developers interested in collaborating on the effort. The RFI will identify areas with the most potential for grid improvement, where advanced conductors from CTC Global will be […]