Infrastructure

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    Courtesy of Justin Chechourka/California High-Speed Rail Authority
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    Will US high-speed rail projects ever leave the station?

    California’s San Francisco-Los Angeles project looks to the private sector for help, but other privately funded projects are struggling.

    By Dan Zukowski • July 2, 2026
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    Amtrak keeps $1.6B East River Tunnel project on pace for 2027 finish

    Though the overall program is still on track, crews pushed back the opening of one of the rail lines by one month, according to a project update meeting.

    By • June 30, 2026
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    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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    Military research facilities falling into disrepair, report says

    Aging infrastructure is hampering the country’s ability to maintain a technically advanced warfighting capability, says the Defense Research Enterprise Review.

    By Robert Freedman • June 30, 2026
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    California high-speed rail issues RFQ for $2.4B spur

    The 30.3-mile segment between Merced and Madera aims to extend the rail network deeper into California’s Central Valley, with a planned terminus at Sacramento.

    By • Updated July 1, 2026
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    Rail projects gain steam across the US

    Contractors are taking advantage of multibillion-dollar train and transit contracts, even as funding challenges create hurdles for project execution.

    By • June 29, 2026
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    Granite lands $117M Utah highway extension

    The project to expand state Route 177 will address unforeseen population growth since the original project’s environmental study in 2017.

    By • June 26, 2026
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    DOE offers $17.5B in loans to help build 10 large nuclear reactors

    Dominion Energy, DTE Energy, WEC Energy Group, Public Service Enterprise Group and Entergy Corp. are among the utilities positioned to benefit, according to Capstone.

    By Robert Walton • June 25, 2026
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    DOT earmarks $1.86B for infrastructure damaged by storms

    More than $908 million will go toward Hurricane Helene recovery to help states repair roads, bridges, water systems and rail lines.

    By • June 25, 2026
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    Jacobs wins role on $1.7B New York public health lab

    The firm will work alongside the design-build joint venture team of Gilbane and Turner, and expects construction to reach completion by 2030.

    By • June 23, 2026
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    Jacobs-McCarthy JV starts work on $185M California water project

    The contractors expect substantial completion on the Torrance Groundwater Desalter expansion project in October 2028, according to McCarthy.

    By • June 23, 2026
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    Carollo Engineers lands $210M California water contract

    The new facility will help alleviate constraints the Placer County Water Agency faces during the peak summer months.

    By • June 22, 2026
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    Courtesy of Virginia DOT
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    Virginia approves 6-year, $28.5B infrastructure plan

    The massive plan will fund more than 4,300 construction and infrastructure jobs across the state.

    By • June 18, 2026
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    Ferrovial US CEO: Infrastructure demand outpacing public budgets

    Alignment between builder and owner is where alternative delivery creates lasting value, Pepe Baraja said.

    By • June 16, 2026
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    Energy savings performance contracts offer a path to building upgrades when city budgets are tight

    With deferred maintenance growing and capital dollars stretched thin, local governments are using ESPCs to fund energy and infrastructure improvements through future operational savings.

    By Vicky Uhland • June 16, 2026
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    (2025). "USS Annapolis Returns to Guam Following Indo-Pacific Deployment" [Photograph]. Retrieved from U.S. Navy.
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    Tutor Perini lands $652M Guam military base project

    The contractor will work via a joint venture with subsidiary Black Construction, which is based on the island.

    By • June 15, 2026
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    Data center projects are forcing the industry to rethink traditional building methods

    Why prefabrication is becoming critical to meeting aggressive data center schedules.

    June 8, 2026
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    Lane-Brayman JV wins $1B Ohio River tunnel job

    The tunnel is one of three key parts of a clean water plan to reduce billions of gallons of sewer overflow in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

    By • June 5, 2026
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    Punch List: 7 firms win NASA work, Turner finishes $557M UC Berkeley build

    Plus, details emerge in California’s high-speed rail private partnership, and Trimble starts a U.S. tour of its tech.

    By Construction Dive Staff • June 5, 2026
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    Bechtel picked for $4.69B Sabine Pass LNG expansion in Louisiana

    The contractor will add the multibillion-dollar job to its portfolio of other LNG work across the South.

    By • June 4, 2026
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    JV picked for $3.5B California high-speed rail job

    A Kiewit Stacy Witbeck Herzog team will construct the 119-mile section running partway between Bakersfield and Merced under a scaled back plan to get trains running by 2033.

    By • June 2, 2026
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    Seattle’s Sound Transit adopts new ST3 plan despite $34.5B funding gap

    The revised plan fully funds construction of several major transit projects in Washington state, though other projects now face deferral.

    By • June 2, 2026
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    GDC awards $711M Hudson Tunnel Project contract

    A Skanska Creamer Sanzari NJSA joint venture expects to begin construction on the seventh of the Hudson Tunnel Project’s 10 construction packages later this year.

    By • June 2, 2026
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    Cities push Congress to avert water infrastructure funding cliff

    With enhanced funding from the Biden-era infrastructure law set to expire and proposed federal cuts on the table, local government and water groups are urging lawmakers to reauthorize key drinking water and wastewater programs.

    By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • June 2, 2026
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    JV wins $1.02B NYC subway extension

    Less than two months after they won a Hudson Tunnel megaproject, Skanska, Walsh and Traylor Bros have nabbed another sizable Big Apple job.

    By • June 2, 2026
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    Washington Union Station renovation gets $466M from US DOT

    The Department of Transportation will take a lead role in redeveloping the station and increasing its revenue potential.

    By Dan Zukowski • June 1, 2026