• The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will roll out a suite of new actions and communication strategies to help Texans adapt to the impacts of climate change — particularly flooding, severe storms and drought.
• The plan for EPA’s Region 6 — which includes Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana — found that Texas’ largest vulnerabilities to climate change are to the impacts of more severe droughts, sea level rise, more intense coastal flooding and increased intensity of storms — particularly stronger hurricanes, longer-lasting heat waves and extreme rainstorms.
• EPA officials will take several proactive actions, including increasing inspections at industrial facilities along the Gulf Coast that are vulnerable to hurricanes; incorporating climate change adaptation measures into environmental permitting; and increasing enforcement on water systems that fail to comply with federal rules.

• Spanish construction companies have failed to bid in 1,455 tenders for state projects so far this year after concluding the offer prices would not cover their costs, the main building association said on Friday. The works were worth 653 million euros ($638 million) in total and would have been mostly financed by European Union funds, the National Construction Confederation (CNC) said.
• Rampant inflation in the price of construction materials and energy is hampering ambitious government plans to boost infrastructure works until 2026, with billions of euros earmarked by the EU for post-pandemic economic stimulus. Earlier this week, the government proposed a 2023 budget that included nearly 17 billion euros of investments in housing, transport and water projects.
• "You can get the idea that the construction sector is not addressing the challenge, when tenders are not being issued at the right price," the group's president, Pedro Fernandez Allen, told a press conference. The group said the number of failed bids had reached a record high this year - including hospital refurbishments, road extensions and energy-poor residential housing projects - with some relaunched at higher prices months after the initial attempts.

TRC Companies, Inc. (TRC), a Connecticut-based consulting, engineering and construction management firm, has acquired Enzo Advisors, LLC (Enzo), a New York-based female and minority-led sustainability consulting firm that helps companies build best-in-class sustainable business models within an ESG construct and works closely with institutional investors to integrate ESG frameworks across their investment processes. The acquisition of Enzo will help to expand TRC’s Climate Solutions offering and ESG capabilities, and enhance its ability to deliver integrated solutions for a wide range of clients and markets.

Arcadis, a Netherlands-based design, engineering, and management consulting firm, has entered into an agreement to acquire DPS Group, Inc. (DPS), an Ireland-based consulting, engineering and construction management company for Life Sciences and Semiconductor facilities. The acquisition of DPS will allow Arcadis to strengthen its position in the Life Sciences and Semiconductor manufacturing sectors by leveraging DPS’ strong capabilities, experience, and long-standing client relationships to create an integrated full-service offering. Arcadis will also be able to capitalize on scaling opportunities and cost synergies from improved operational efficiencies and rationalization of organizational design.

JSI, a Maryland-based consulting and broadband solutions firm providing a range of financial, engineering, regulatory, operational, and strategic services, has acquired Mitchell Engineering, a Texas-based telecommunications engineering and consulting firm specializing in outside plant (OSP) engineering and design services. The acquisition of Mitchell Engineering will help further enhance the company’s ability to deliver comprehensive broadband services and solutions to communications providers across the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and key US territories.