$1B Las Vegas Circa Resort & Casino starts concrete work

Construction of the city's first ground-up resort in 30 years, led by McCarthy and Tré Builders, is expected to be complete next year.

By Kim Slowey • April 18, 2019

Foxconn releases first bid packages for $10B Wisconsin plant

Bid packages for excavation, concrete work, materials testing and more are due to general contractor Gilbane | Exyte next month.

By Kim Slowey • April 18, 2019

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$600M Miami transit-oriented development breaks ground

The five-tower, mixed-use development in Coconut Grove is one of southern Florida's biggest projects ever.

By Kim Slowey • April 17, 2019

St. Louis' $260M Ballpark Village expansion hits milestone

The Cordish Cos. and contractor Paric Corp. topped off the city's first Class A office in 30 years as part of a mixed-use expansion outside Busch Stadium.

By Kim Slowey • April 16, 2019

$252M soccer stadium coming to Sacramento, California

Construction is expected to create between 1,310 and 1,640 jobs while supporting infrastructure work would generate up to 245.

By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019

Salesforce Transit Center repairs could be complete in May

"Sandwiching" cracked and stressed girders with steel plates is underway, but the reopening of the San Francisco transit facility is on hold for now.

By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019

Chicago council approves $6B Lincoln Yards, $7B The 78

As a condition of city subsidies, Sterling Bay and Related must use 30% minority- and 10% woman-owned contractors on their respective mixed-use megaprojects.

By Kim Slowey • April 12, 2019

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

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