Autodesk's record Q4, FY earnings driven by industry digitization, subscriptions

The tech company's $2.6 billion revenue for the year is its highest yet, as more AEC employers than ever seek to digitize workflows with its software.

By Kim Slowey • March 6, 2019

3 recent developments in 'constructuring'

By adapting manufacturing's efficiency models to building processes, these initiatives are expanding offsite construction to more, exceedingly complex projects.

By Kathleen Brown • March 6, 2019

Bankrupt contractor reaches settlement with FIU bridge collapse victims

If approved in bankruptcy court, Magnum Construction Management will pay up to $42 million to victims of the March 2018 incident and their families.

By Kim Slowey , Kathleen Brown • Updated May 3, 2019

Clark Construction to design, build $250M stadium in San Diego

The 35,000-seat project at San Diego State University represents a fraction of the work being done at the campus and other Southern California institutions.

By Kim Slowey • March 4, 2019

Women in Construction Week: Anayeli Martinez Real blazed the trail to her dream job

The Kiewit manager found success with a panache for problem-solving, a strong work ethic and the courage to put herself out there.

By Amy Howell Hirt • March 4, 2019

Women in Construction Week: Rita Brown turned obstacle to empowerment

Brown, a lifelong construction veteran, rose from the ashes of the Great Recession to start her career afresh and empower an increasingly diverse future generation of women.

By Amy Howell Hirt • March 4, 2019

Women in Construction Week: Kara Lewandowski puts others first while advancing the industry

The assistant project manager at McCarthy is more than willing to share VDC expertise, work-life balance tips and lessons learned from complex projects.

By Kathleen Brown • March 4, 2019

Women in Construction Week: Rebecca Severson shepherds a culture of safety

Drawing on construction and military expertise, Gilbane's safety director steers workers toward a full understanding of risks, championing the message that a jobsite can be incident-free.

By Kathleen Brown • March 4, 2019

Women in Construction Week: Peggy Marker touts the industry's small but strong sisterhood

Women in the industry should take advantage of the knowledge and expertise of other women, the Marker Construction president said, noting that the "sisterhood" represents not competition, but advocacy.

By Kim Slowey • March 4, 2019

Musk almost ready to unveil new tunneling machine

The Boring Co. founder said the Line-Storm, reportedly able to dig continuously as opposed to the 10 minutes per hour current machines operate, could be ready in as little as a month.

By Kim Slowey • March 1, 2019

Former Arkansas construction exec sentenced to 3 years prison for bank fraud

Matthew Beasley, former president of contractor Cobas Inc., submitted fake invoices to his bank in order to be able to draw on a business line of credit.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 28, 2019

Justice Department sues Ohio contractor, sub for fake invoices, kickbacks

The agency claims that subcontractor Wise Services gifted CB&I AREVA MOX Services employees in order to persuade them to submit about $6.4 million of false invoices on its behalf.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 27, 2019

Goldman Sachs backs $8M funding round for construction finance startup Rabbet

Rabbet, formerly Contract Simply, employs software-as-a-service machine learning to more efficiently process construction draw requests.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 27, 2019

Eniac Ventures leads predictive software startup Briq's $3M seed funding round

Machine learning and the larger universe of artificial intelligence, such as that used by Briq's platform, have been called "the next frontier" in construction.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 27, 2019

Kiewit pegged for $5B Louisiana LNG export terminal

Under the turnkey EPC contract, Kiewit will design, engineer, construct, commission, test and guarantee the Venture Global LNG Inc. facility.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 26, 2019

AECOM shareholders maintain board members despite investor complaints

Stockholders approved all of the company's nominees to the board of directors despite a missive from investor Engine Capital last month that claimed there were flaws in management and compensation practices.

By Kim Slowey • Updated March 14, 2019

$12B Texas bullet train construction could start this year

Texas Central Partners is pressing on with the Dallas-to-Houston line and will appeal a court ruling that denied it railroad designation and land rights.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 22, 2019

New York contractor pleads guilty to minority fraud

The Erie County District Attorney's office said that Nichter Construction falsely stated that it had met the minority contracting requirements on a state project.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 22, 2019

Tutor Perini wins $1.4B Los Angeles Purple Line Section 3 contract

Pending federal funding, the contractor and partner O&G Industries will design and build 2.6 miles of rail and two stations for operation by 2026.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 21, 2019

Cal/OSHA cites Shimmick, Con-Quest $65K in tunnel death

The accident led the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to require bidding contractors to submit more detailed safety plans.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 21, 2019

Strategic hire, new plant tee Skender up for maximum tech efficiencies

CEO Mark Skender and CTO Stacy Scopano, who comes from Skanska, share their strategy for improved data flow in the design, engineering and production of modular buildings.

By Kathleen Brown • Feb. 20, 2019

Katerra to market software and building components, license its process

The firm will sell project management tools, windows and cross-laminated timber and allow others to construct using its end-to-end modular building system.

By Joe Beeton • Feb. 20, 2019

Forget the Big Bang - it's the big offsite construction boom that deserves your attention

The once silo-driven construction industry is vertically integrating discipline, process and production and its customers only stand to benefit.

By Jason Peace • Feb. 19, 2019

Amazon may sign PLA for Virginia HQ2

With the tech giant nixing its New York plans, Arlington officials may push harder to give local construction unions pre-hire bargaining rights.

By Kim Slowey • Feb. 19, 2019

Amazon scraps NYC HQ2 plans

The company said it is withdrawing its plans for the Long Island City headquarters location due to significant local political opposition.

By Chris Teale • Feb. 14, 2019