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Debra K. Rubin

Debra K. Rubin

As ENR Editor-at-Large for Energy, Business and Workforce, Debra K. Rubin has a broad vantage for news, issues and trends in global engineering and construction related to key areas of global energy development and transition, corporate business and management, regulation and risk and next-generation workforce development.

Debra also launched and manages ENR's Top 200 Environmental Firms annual ranking, which defines key players in the dynamic global market for environmental services; and is editor of ENR WorkforceToday e-newsletter on industry talent management news and trends. Click here to receive this free monthly newsletter.

She also is a key organizer of ENR's annual Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference, a major AEC industry forum for talent management and women's career advancement. Click here for more detail on plans in formation for the next live event.

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Acquisitions

WSP Aims for Power Market Boost in $3.3B Deal to Buy Sector Design Leader TRC Cos.

All-cash transaction is expected to complete in first quarter 2026
Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
December 16, 2025
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The purchase, expected to complete in the first quarter of 2026, would form an expanded WSP with 27,000 global professionals and $7.2 billion in 2025 net revenue on a pro forma basis.


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Regulation

Power Sector Debates New Federal Rules for Data Center 'Large Load' Links to Grid

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Mary B. Powers
Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
December 15, 2025
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Push for larger federal role to expedite data center grid connections in proposed rule set to finalize by April 2026 comes as new administration issues executive order to pre-empt state regulation of artificial intelligence.


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ENR 2025 Global Best Projects

Best Project, Power/Industrial: Macau Refuse Incineration Plant — Phase 3

Urban waste handling complex seeks to blend in
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Debra K. Rubin
December 12, 2025
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The Macau Refuse Incineration Plant’s new phase boosts daily capacity to 3,000+ tons at the only urban solid waste treatment facility in the special administrative region of China.


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ENR 2025 Global Best Projects

Best Project, Cultural/Worship: Solar Boat Museum

Ancient pharaoh's vessel gets new high-tech home
Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
December 12, 2025
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The Solar Boat Museum, which opened in November within the monumental 5-million-sq-ft Grand Egyptian Museum that also just fully opened after 20 years of construction, houses Pharaoh Khufu’s 4,500-year-old royal boat—considered one of the oldest and best-preserved in history—according to submitters.


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Renewable Energy Projects

Boston Federal Court Rejects Trump Blanket Halt of Wind Energy Approvals

Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
December 10, 2025
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In challenge to White House pause order from 18 attorneys general, judge derides it as “arbitrary and capricious” and violating federal procurement law, as sector participants and observers await impacts on projects in development


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Obituary

Frank Gehry, 96, Was Architect Who Pushed Construction Into the Digital Era

Long before BIM and VDC became standard, Gehry’s projects forced an industry to adopt digital methods that reshaped complex building work
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Debra K. Rubin
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Jeff Yoders
December 9, 2025
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Pioneering designer's death marks a key chapter in construction innovation, as his digitally driven methods forced contractors, engineers and fabricators to reinvent how complex buildings are delivered.


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Nuclear Power

TVA, Holtec Gain $800M US Funding for Small Nuclear Reactor Builds

Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
December 5, 2025
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Bechtel, Aecon, Sargent & Lundy, BWX Technologies and Samsung are among firms teamed to construct the first SMRs in Tennessee and Michigan by early 2030s.


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Energy Construction

Private Infrastructure Investor Giant Blackstone Funds $1.2B West Virginia Gas Power Plant

Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
December 2, 2025
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Construction is underway on the 625-MW Wolf Summit Energy plant, set to operate by 2027.


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LA Infrastructure
LA Infrastructure Forum

Olympics, Energy Drive Los Angeles Region Infrastructure Boom

Agencies set ambitious construction strategies to boost transportation mobility and update aging power facilities for growing population
Aileen Cho
Aileen Cho
Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
November 25, 2025
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Even as shifting federal priorities threaten, LA County officials commit to deliver 21st century infrastructure to meet growing region's needs.


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Mergers and Acquisitions

Global Giant Veolia Aims $3B Deal to Buy US Waste Firm Clean Earth

Debra K. Rubin
Debra K. Rubin
November 21, 2025
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France-based water and waste titan expects the U.S. hazardous waste cleanup firm to bolster its existing capacity in a growing market.


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