Amazon chooses Whiting-Turner, Kokosing to build $1.5B air cargo hub

The joint venture will reportedly work with designer AECOM and engineer Woolpert on the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport facility.

By Kim Slowey • April 11, 2019

World's most expensive place to build is now San Francisco

The city's average construction costs of $416 per square foot increased 5% in 2018 to surpass New York City.

By Kim Slowey • April 11, 2019

Explore the Trendline➔

Data center construction

New projects from customers like Meta, Google and Amazon make this a burgeoning sector for contractors.

By Construction Dive staff

NYC construction worker fatally struck by stone slab

A coping stone was reportedly either disturbed by or moved for the installation of scaffolding and hit the 51-year-old as he did rehab on the building's facade.

By Kim Slowey • April 11, 2019

$4.6B construction bill heads to Washington state's Senate

Public schools and colleges receive record funding and the largest share under the plan, which is part of a national push for infrastructure investment.

By Kim Slowey • April 10, 2019

Test lab for timber technology: college campus construction

With 34 mass timber college buildings completed or in the works across the country, the technology is seeing a lot of support despite challenges.

By Hallie Busta • April 10, 2019

25 woman-, minority-owned firms graduate from Kansas City Airport project JV's management course

The free training is part of a broader community benefits program that was a condition of the $1.5 billion design-build contract Edgemoor won for the Missouri terminal project.

By Kim Slowey • April 9, 2019

Developer-builder to invest $1B in heartland opportunity zones by 2022

Decennial Group aims to direct up to $20 billion of construction to the economically challenged tax havens during the next 10 years.

By Kim Slowey • April 9, 2019

The simple safety tweak to boost engagement, competition

AGC conference speakers showed how phones can be paired with interactive Q&A sessions to derive more value from typically blasé safety briefings.

By Kathleen Brown • April 8, 2019

Leaders are key to building a culture that motivates, innovates

Competitive advantage lies in an environment that frees employees to experiment and encounter tech's value at their own pace, according to a VDC director and an Autodesk strategist.

By Kathleen Brown • April 8, 2019

San Diego airport officials vote to use PLA on $3B airport project

San Diego International Airport staff said agreements with local unions are key to keeping the design-build redevelopment on pace with its five-year schedule.

By Kim Slowey • April 8, 2019

Denver starts new bidding process for $233M convention center expansion

The city is looking for a new design-build team after an employee of former manager Trammell Crow allegedly leaked information to bidder Mortenson.

By Kim Slowey • April 8, 2019

McCarthy-Mortenson's $1.2B 'agro-defense' facility years delayed, $800M over budget

The Department of Homeland Security maintains its project is on track, though it was reportedly supposed to open in 2018 and cost $400,000.

By Kim Slowey • April 5, 2019

$1B Cross Bayou Point in Louisiana picks design-build team

GraceHebert Architects and Ozanne Construction, which have experience working together, will lead the mixed-use project.

By Kim Slowey • April 5, 2019

The 10 traits successful contractors have in common

In a packed session of the AGC Convention in Denver last week, a seasoned consultant listed the top habits of the industry's fastest-growing and most profitable companies.

By Kathleen Brown • April 4, 2019

DOD awards six ID/IQ contracts for up to $975M of Navy construction

Contractors including Fluor, AECOM and CH2M Hill will compete for Navy construction projects around the world.

By Kim Slowey • April 4, 2019

Clark rebuilds century-old DC tunnel despite pitfalls

Using progressive design-build, Clark Construction demolished an urban underpass and rebuilt two in its place for CSX rail — without halting train traffic or getting tripped up by strenuous environmental reviews.

By Joe Beeton • April 3, 2019

Now hiring: $2B Arizona mine awarding contracts, courting contractors

The owner of the Rosemont open-pit copper mine near Tucson has selected firms for $122 million of early work before construction, which calls for 2,500 workers, begins in earnest later this year.

By Kim Slowey • April 3, 2019

Contractor sues developer over 'leaning' Manhattan high-rise

Former construction manager Pizzarotti LLC stopped work, claiming the 58-story structure should have been anchored into bedrock with piles but that Fortis went with a cheaper, less-safe alternative, which the developer denies.

By Kim Slowey • April 3, 2019

Bechtel, Jacobs, KBR invited to bid on $8B Mexican oil refinery

Pemex officials said design and construction should take about three years, though other experts say this type of project can take five to 10.

By Kim Slowey • April 2, 2019

Stadium architect Populous designs largest esports arena in Western Hemisphere

Developers Comcast and Cordish Cos.' $50 million Fusion Arena in Philadelphia may herald a wave of construction of high-tech venues specifically built for competitive electronic gaming.

By Kim Slowey • April 1, 2019

Foxconn awards 5 Wisconsin firms contracts for ancillary work on $10B factory

The Taiwanese tech giant said the local companies will start immediately on $34 million worth of contracts to install support roads and utilities.

By Kim Slowey • March 29, 2019

Fall kills worker at $325M JE Dunn-led Missouri hotel project

A sub's employee was pronounced dead on the scene after a 23-story fall at Kansas City's Loews Convention Center site Thursday.

By Joe Beeton and Kathleen Brown • March 29, 2019

Skanska disputes Salesforce Transit Center officials' take on cracked beams

The steelwork contractor claims that the transit authority has so far let its engineering firm, Thornton Tomasetti, off the hook for its part in deficiencies.

By Kim Slowey • March 29, 2019

$4.4B construction could start soon on Louisiana LNG project

Shell and Energy Transfer will decide after the bidding process whether to move forward with the export terminal, which could require 5,000 construction jobs and cost up to $16 billion with equipment.

By Kim Slowey • March 29, 2019

How to keep cash flowing from one project to the next

A shortage of liquidity can put a contractor in jeopardy, experts say, offering financial advice for juggling new and existing business.

By Kim Slowey • March 28, 2019