Infrastructure

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    Border, data center work drive Granite’s revenues higher

    Federal contracts now represent about 15% of the infrastructure builder’s business, while site prep for data centers is approaching 10% of its total work, according to a Q1 2026 earnings call.

    By • April 30, 2026
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    $1.45B Chicago airport project goes vertical

    The AECOM Hunt Clayco Bowa JV has reached a milestone on the job, which will add 19 gates to Concourse D at O’Hare International Airport.

    By • April 29, 2026
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Construction Dive

    Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.

    By Construction Dive staff
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    Garney breaks ground on $1.2B Florida wastewater treatment facility

    The Kansas City, Missouri-based contractor expects the facility to begin treating initial flows by September 2028, with full project completion slated for 2030.

    By • April 29, 2026
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    Granite scoops up Utah infrastructure contractor

    The California-based firm bought Kenny Seng Construction, which focuses on earthwork and site preparation as well as managing a gravel pit and recycling yard. 

    By • April 29, 2026
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    Kiewit ‘off-ramped’ from Baltimore’s Key Bridge rebuild

    The Maryland Transportation Authority informed the firm Tuesday that it would not be retained for the next phase of the project’s construction, which has seen its cost balloon.

    By • Updated April 29, 2026
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    Chicago breaks ground on $5.7B Red Line transit extension

    The addition, the largest capital project in the Chicago Transit Authority’s history, will give the city’s Far South Side area access to rapid rail transit for the first time.

    By • April 28, 2026
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    $1.1B available for railroad grade-crossing safety

    The Crossing Safety Program aims to address the over 2,000 collisions and nearly 300 fatalities yearly since 2021.

    By Dan Zukowski • April 28, 2026
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    FlatironDragados, Acciona turn dirt on $4.6B P3 highway project

    The State Route 400 Express Lanes project in Georgia will add tolled express lanes along the thoroughfare over the course of three segments of construction.

    By • Updated April 28, 2026
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    Zachry Construction names new president, keeps focus on water projects

    Travis Mross, who started as an intern at the San Antonio-based builder, takes the role as demand for water infrastructure rises.

    By • April 24, 2026
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    Let’s take action to make US road work zones safer

    As lawmakers work to renew the surface transportation bill, work zone safety needs to be part of the conversation, writes an association executive during National Work Zone Awareness Week. 

    By Nile Elam • April 23, 2026
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    Amtrak to get $4.7B for Northeast Corridor projects, opens bids for new long-distance trains

    The U.S. Department of Transportation also opened applications for funding to improve passenger rail ridership and enhance multimodal connections with intercity buses.

    By Dan Zukowski • April 21, 2026
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    Kiewit JV picked for segment of $7B Texas light rail

    The Austin Transit Partnership, which selected the joint venture, completed procurement in approximately one year.

    By • April 21, 2026
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    $1B Virginia airport upgrade project reaches milestone

    W.M. Jordan served as construction manager at risk for Norfolk International Airport’s three new gates in Concourse A, an addition spanning nearly 19,000 square feet.

    By • April 21, 2026
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    3 megaprojects triggered rebound in March construction starts

    Starts in electric power and utilities leapt over 353% month over month, according to Dodge, even as data centers decelerated.

    By • April 21, 2026
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    Why preconstruction is now a competitive advantage

    Construction is changing. Preconstruction is where competitive advantage is built.

    By Jeff Gerardi, Autodesk • April 20, 2026
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    Carollo Engineers wins construction manager post on $200M Nevada water job

    The contractor will manage the construction of the state’s first water purification and reuse facility.

    By • April 16, 2026
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    Lane Construction wins $582M Florida interstate job

    The Charlotte, North Carolina-based civil contractor will build express lanes on the Moving I-4 Forward program, which is part of the largest infrastructure project in the state.

    By • April 14, 2026
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    5 state DOTs kick off construction season with infrastructure projects

    Transportation agencies in the Midwest, South and West are dispensing billions of dollars to expand highways, erect bridges and improve infrastructure.

    By • April 7, 2026
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    Los Angeles to open subway extension May 8

    The nearly 4-mile extension is the first of three that will provide a through ride from downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills by 2027.

    By Dan Zukowski • April 7, 2026
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    5 policy principles that will be key to next surface transportation bill

    A Consumer Reports white paper evaluates six options to fund highways, bridges and mass transit.

    By Dan Zukowski • April 7, 2026
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    Granite scoops up $114M job segment on California’s Highway 101

    The contractor won the last of seven mainline projects along an 11-mile stretch of the thoroughfare along the Pacific coast in Santa Barbara. 

    By • April 3, 2026
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    Q&A

    Construction at an ‘inflection point’: new ASCE CEO

    Peter O’Neil, new chief of the American Society of Civil Engineers, has a background leading membership groups in global security and environmental health and safety.

    By • March 31, 2026
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    Jacobs wins awards on $4.9B Wisconsin infrastructure project

    The Dallas-based contractor will begin the design phase for the I-39, I-90 and I-94 corridor later this year.

    By • March 30, 2026
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    Granite wins $495M in southern border work

    After nabbing the first border wall contract of President Donald Trump’s second term last year, the contractor is set to focus on 27 miles of tactical infrastructure near Laredo, Texas.

    By • March 27, 2026
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    Judge orders DOT to restore $2B for Chicago transit work

    The Chicago Transit Authority sued the DOT and FTA for withholding over $2 billion tied to rail expansion and modernization jobs. 

    By • March 27, 2026