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Chicago Plans $4B Urban Village A planned two-mile relocation of Chicago's South Shore Drive, about 10 miles south of the city's downtown, is spurring a $4-billion megaproject to turn the vacant 530-acre site of a former U.S. Steel mill on Lake Michigan into a new community with nearly 14,000 housing units. Stantec to Acquire San Francisco's Anshen + Allen Architecture Firm Stantec says that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Anshen + Allen, one of North America's leading health care architectural firms with more than 200 employees and offices in San Francisco, Columbus, Boston and London. Expanding Horizons: Analyzing the Balfour Beatty/Parsons Brinckerhoff deal Ian P. Tyler, a chartered accountant who now runs London-based contractor Balfour Beatty plc, admits to ?never being good? at the accounting business. Virginia Tech Student Wins Yéle Haiti Competition Virginia Tech architecture student Christopher Morgan has won an international competition to design the Yéle Music Studio in the Cité Soleil area of Port-au-Prince. Reviving a Modest Masterpiece: The Trenton Bath House To many architects, Louis Kahn?s 1955 Trenton Bath House in Ewing, New Jersey, just restored by Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects (FMG), exudes everything that worked in 20th-century architecture. Fatalities Down, But Rate Stays Flat Construction workplace deaths continued to decline in 2009, but the fatality rate held even with the previous year?s mark, and industry safety specialists see little sign that conditions are improving on project sites nationwide. NY Approves New Neighbor for Empire State Building The Empire State Building's owner has lost his bid to stop a new skyscraper from rising in the neighborhood. Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design Broad Museum It's finally official: After months of speculation, Eli Broad announced that Diller Scofidio + Renfro will design his Broad Collection museum on Grant Avenue in Los Angeles. A Golden Anniversary for a Philip Johnson Museum This October, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute?s Museum of Art (MWPAI) in Utica, New York, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Philip Johnson-designed home with an exhibition commemorating the work of the illustrious Modernist and Postmodernist architect. Fluor, United Rentals Form Jobsite Logistics Partnership United Rentals Inc. and Fluor Corp. are teaming up to offer equipment, tools and logistics services for oil-and-gas owners along the Gulf Coast. Executives say the venture may later expand beyond the region. Load-Pier Test at St. Louis Bridge Sets World Record Companies working on the $670-million Mississippi River Bridge in St. Louis have shattered geotechnical records with a 36,067-ton load test on one of the bridge's drilled-shaft, concrete foundations. Reuse or Build New? Group to Gather Hard Environmental Data The reuse of buildings is often touted as an environmental benefit, but solid, up-to-date data to support that idea is scarce. California Cools Off Capitol Complex With Thermal-Energy Tank Starting next month, California?s state capital campus, a complex of 23 buildings encompassing 5.5 million sq ft, will be cooled by water chilled in a 4.25-million-gal thermal-energy storage tank. Fed Probe Leads to Wolff?s Likely Exit From Berger A three-year-long federal investigation of alleged overbilling on reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan by engineer Louis Berger Group appears likely to force Derish M. Wolff, chairman of the firm?s holding company, from his job, according to court documents filed last week. All Systems Go for Vinoly?s $1.5B Domino Project in Brooklyn After nearly six years of planning, community participation and lengthy hearings, the 2,200 apartment New Domino, with 660 affordable units, received final approval from the City Council last week. U.S. Wind Power Surge Likely To Continue, Say Scientists Wind energy, which accounted for 39% of all new U.S. electric generating capacity last year, could provide 20% of the nation?s electricity by 2030 if growth trends continue for wind power installations, according to a recent study. Lack of State Budget Affects $3 Billion in Projects, Caltrans Says Prior to California Transportation Commission allocation meetings this week, Caltrans sent a ?White Paper? to Dale Bonner, secretary of the state Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, which oversees the department, outlining drastic measures the department will have to make if the state budget is not passed ? and passed quickly. Agency Unveils 30-Year Plan for Developing Chicago Area The federally-established regional planning commission for seven counties around Chicago has unveiled its 30-year plan for developing the region. Caterpillar Compiles Short List of GCs for $426M Winston-Salem Plant Caterpillar Inc. has compiled a short list of companies that are in the running to be chosen as the general contractor for its planned $426 million manufacturing plant in Forsyth County. But as many feared, none of them is local. Plans Unveiled to Expand Terminal 4 at JFK Airport Plans for the redevelopment and expansion of Delta Air Lines Terminal 4 at New York?s John F. Kennedy International Airport have been unveiled after being approved by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey last week.

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