All work associated with removal of the first of four hydroelectric dams slated for demolition on the Klamath River in California and Oregon has been completed by contractor Kiewit, said dam owner Klamath River Renewal Corp. earlier this month.

Contractor's winning bid is more than $1B under the only other shortlisted firm, a joint venture of Walsh and Canada-based Aecon.

The project involves modernizing the seven-level, 350,000-sq-ft facility which was last updated in the 1980s.

A joint venture of MWH Constructors and Kiewit Corp will build a $1.25B water filtration facility with a J.W. Fowler- MWH team tapped for a related $550M pipeline project.

With Oregon and Washington each pledging $1 billion in funds, the project is now eligible to apply for up to $3 billion in federal funding.

Construction project information from Dodge Data & Analytics for the California and Northwest region.

Sound Transit to extend its light rail system and improve infrastructure with the federal funding.

Giant 10-year O&M contract combines functions of two awards originally planned—one to manage millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored underground at the former weapons site and the other to operate its multi-billion-dollar waste treatment plant awaiting startup.

Superlative-filled tunnel-boring machines are nothing new to Seattle. From the infamous mole that dug a new State Route 99 tunnel to a handful of TBMs carving a new path for Sound Transit’s aggressive light rail expansion, tunneling under the Pacific Northwest city is almost commonplace.

Granite Construction wins contract to construct a bridge in Denali National Park to bypass slides that closed a key access road.