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Fluor Joint Venture Awarded Front End Engineering and Design for Proposed Second Phase of LNG Canada Facility in British Columbia
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that its Joint Venture (JV) with JGC Corporation has been awarded the contract to update the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a proposed Phase ...
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New modelling tool for intermittent water distribution systems could improve service for over a billion people
Professor David Meyer (CivMin) and CivMin PhD student Omar Abdelazeem synthesized best practices to create the SWMMIN model ...
Dangerous dams: Where are the six most at risk of failing in the U.S.?
The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and ...
Clearcutting tied to 18-fold increase in flood risk: UBC study
A new study from the University of British Columbia suggests that clearcut logging can make catastrophic floods up to 18 ...
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Trout need love islands, too: Madison River project to improve spawning, rearing habitat
Building a bigger island will provide more spawning and nursery habitat in a stretch of the famed stream where the channel has widened over the past 50 years.
1 year after extreme flooding, Mississauga pours millions into speeding up storm-water system improvements
Two record-breaking storms in July and August last year unleashed 280 millimetres of rain on Mississauga, prompting the city ...
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expert reaction to earthquake off Russia and tsunami warnings across the Pacific
Scientists comment on an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off Russia which has led to tsunami warnings across the Pacific. Commenting on reports that the Fukushima nuclear site has been evacuated due to the ...