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From sanjose.bizjournals.com: EIR certified for California high-speed rail
From pittsburghlive.com: Shippers propose paying more taxes to fund waterway repairs

From pasadenastarnews.com: California’s Gold Line opens bidding on $450M extension phase, tests new P3 model
From news10.net: Sacramento, Calif., levees still vulnerable 5 years after Katrina
From nbcmiami.com: Port of Miami tunnel digging up local jobs

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Pannone Lopes Devereaux & West, LLC (PLDW), and the Design-Build Institute of America, New England Chapter, held “Navigating Design-Build: Best Practices and Principles from Owner Representatives and Process Experts” on Aug. 26, 2010, at the Officer’s Club in Newport, R.I.

WASHINGTON — The first specifications for bi-level coach, dining, baggage, and business class rail cars to be constructed under the government's high-speed and intercity passenger rail program have been approved.

RESTON, VA. — The American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) newly elected officers will be installed to its Board of Direction on Oct. 22, 2010, during the business meeting at ASCE’s annual conference in Las Vegas.

HOLLISTER, CALIF. — A new $100-million, state-of-the-art wastewater treatment facility in Northern California will be operated and managed by Veolia Water North America under a 10-year public-private partnership that will serve approximately 35,000 residents.

MANCHESTER AND BLOOMFIELD, CONN. AND NORWOOD, MASS. — GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., an environmental and geotechnical consulting firm, has announced the acquisition of the assets of New England Bioassay Inc. in a transaction which is expected to create the largest specialty testing laboratory of its kind in New England.

LAUREL, MD. — The Onyx Group/Greenhorne & O’Mara (G&O) joint venture has been awarded a 5-year, $12-million Indefinite Delivery contract with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Europe District.

From nytimes.com: High-speed rail plan will test California
From chicagobusiness.com: Illinois’ budget crisis could derail $1B plan to expand Metra rail service
From pittsburghlive.com: PennDOT halts construction projects until transportation funding increases

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published the results of an extensive review of the recent literature on wastewater treatment technologies and their ability to remove a number of chemical contaminants of emerging concern (CECs).

LOS ANGELES — AECOM Technology Corporation, a provider of professional, technical, and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, has been awarded a $101-million design-build contract by the town of Davie, Fla.

MANCHESTER AND PETERBOROUGH, N.H., AND NORWOOD, MASS. — GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc., an environmental and geotechnical consulting firm, recently completed a successful groundwater remediation project at a Petersborough, N.H., service station using a proprietary bioremediation formula developed by the company.

From clarionledger.com: $1.7B in unspent federal Katrina relief funds set to expire by year’s end
From usatoday.com: Denver airport breaks ground on rail line to downtown

LAS VEGAS — The Women in Concrete Alliance (WICA), a networking organization for women in the concrete industry that debuted earlier this year, has announced the call for entries for their first Woman of Distinction award.

DENVER — The Regional Transportation District (RTD) has issued the official Notice to Proceed to Denver Transit Partners (DTP) with the FasTracks Eagle P3 Project’s first phase, the 22.8-mile East Corridor Commuter Rail Line to Denver International Airport.

Sustainable design and building topics premiere at Ecobuild America this winter.

LOS ANGELES — Community Conservation Solutions (CCS) has honored the South Los Angeles Wetland Park as the Green Solution Project of the Year.

ST. PAUL, MINN. — The Metropolitan Council awarded the second heavy construction contract for the Central Corridor light rail transit (LRT) Project to Ames Construction/C.S.McCrossan and gave Siemens Transportation Systems Inc. the contract to build 41 light-rail vehicles (LRVs).

ST. PAUL, MINN. — Professional services firm Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) designed a “first-of-its-kind” filtration system meant to prevent the spread of a zebra mussel infestation in Shoreview, Minn.