Buyout by KBR
Funds Growth and Exits
For BE&K Managers
By Richard Korman
Deal will give KBR a new big 'presence' in industrial construction.

San Diego Water Board Votes
To Raise San Vicente Dam
By Robert Carlsen
Three-year, $568-million project designed to expand city's water supply.

Major Contract Pushes $2-Bil.
San Antonio BRAC Forward
By Eileen Schwartz
Hensel Phelps/Jacobs Carter Burgess enlisted to provide design-build services for a major complex on Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

Florida Coalition Files Suit
To Block Dade Crane Rule
By Deb Wood
Contractors and owners claim ordinance raises costs too high and is impossible to meet.

Despite Setback, Florida
Pushes Plan for New System
By Deb Wood
Florida will continue commuter rail design despite failure in state senate.

Treated Effluent Eyed
For Heating and Cooling
By William J. Angelo
An idea used at treatment plants may find its first commercial application.

U.S., Texas Finalize Deal
To Fund Levee-Border Fence
By Eileen Schwartz
Feds will pay for majority share to expedite controversial project along the Rio Grande border with Mexico.

United Nations Breaks Ground
On New Headquarters in NYC
By Nichole Altmix
The organization's revised master plan cuts the construction schedule from seven years to five.

Bridge Modeling Pioneer
Abdel-Ghaffar Dies at 61
USC engineering professor specialized in seismic analysis and of monitoring long-span bridge design.