Infrastructure: Page 2

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    Anaheim transit system will shut down March 31

    The city declined to take over the transit provider, which serves the city’s resort area. Ongoing budget deficits felled the 30-year-old agency.

    By Dan Zukowski • March 18, 2026
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    Revolution Wind comes online, Vineyard Wind 1 completes construction

    The 700-MW Revolution Wind offshore Rhode Island is the third offshore wind project to start delivering power, and the 800-MW Vineyard Wind 1 offshore Massachusetts is the largest so far to complete physical construction.

    By Diana DiGangi • March 17, 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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    Opinion

    When AI chatbots hallucinate, infrastructure pays

    Chatbots can create authoritative-sounding reports based on flawed inferences, which can lead to liabilities that outlive a project, writes a senior lecturer at Georgia Tech.

    By Max Mahdi Roozbahani • March 17, 2026
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    Builders face uncertainty without new highway bill: association exec

    After meeting with congressional committee members during CONEXPO, the government affairs lead for Associated Equipment Distributors is hoping for a bill in the $550 billion range. 

    By • March 16, 2026
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    Backlog rebounded in February, remained lopsided across construction

    Larger contractors and those with data center contracts had the most work on their books, while smaller builders and firms not focused on artificial intelligence builds languished.

    By • March 11, 2026
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    Gateway funding fight could halt construction again on Hudson Tunnel

    Without certainty around federal funding disbursements, the Gateway Development Commission warned construction on the $16 billion infrastructure program could stall again in a few months.  

    By • March 10, 2026
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    AECOM wins 3 contracts on $1B Seattle light-rail work package

    A collection of 19 multiple-award task orders are part of Sound Transit’s $185 billion ST3 program, which has faced cost overruns and a ballooning budget in recent years.

    By • March 10, 2026
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    $181M Tampa water treatment plant expansion breaks ground

    Construction is already underway on the Tampa Bay Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant and will continue through 2028, according to a news release.

    By • March 10, 2026
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    APTA calls for $268B investment in public transit and passenger rail over 5 years

    The American Public Transportation Association urges Congress to support transit investment in the upcoming surface transportation legislation.

    By Dan Zukowski • March 5, 2026
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    Miami International Airport unveils $1B expansion plan

    The concourse expansion, expected to break ground in 2027, forms part of the $9 billion Modernization in Action Plan, a 10-year capital improvement program.

    By • March 5, 2026
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    Balfour Beatty opens 2 North Carolina road projects valued at combined $1.3B

    The Fayetteville Outer Loop on Interstate 295 and the Havelock Bypass on U.S. 70 have both opened to traffic, according to the U.S. arm of the London-based contractor. 

    By • March 3, 2026
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    Tutor Perini celebrates ‘best year ever,’ return to profitability in 2025

    The megaproject contractor said it won nine projects valued at a cumulative $16 billion in the last three years and has resumed work on New York City’s Gateway Project. 

    By • March 2, 2026
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    Light rail moves forward in Austin, Texas

    With a construction team named, work on the 10-mile line is expected to begin next year and finish in 2033.

    By Dan Zukowski • Feb. 25, 2026
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    Gateway restarts Hudson Tunnel work as funding uncertainty lingers

    The DOT is seeking to reclaim the money it has paid to the Gateway Development Commission, potentially forcing another costly work suspension, per a U.S. Court of Federal Claims case filed on Monday.

    By • Feb. 24, 2026
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    Jacobs wins role on $35B Texas coastal barrier job

    The Gate portion of the Coastal Texas Project represents a "generational investment" in the state's future, according to a Jacobs exec.

    By • Feb. 24, 2026
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    McCarthy tops out $3.7B California healthcare tower

    The St. Louis-based contractor broke ground on the 14-story UC Davis Health project in 2024.

    By • Feb. 17, 2026
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    Arizona DOT taps design-build team for $410M interstate job

    Coffman Specialties, Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. and Stantec will work on about 12 miles of I-10 in the Grand Canyon State.

    By • Feb. 17, 2026
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    Gateway receives $30M in federal funds, Trump lashes out

    The president pledged in a social media post that no federal dollars would be used to cover any cost overruns on the embattled tunnel project between New York and New Jersey. 

    By • Feb. 17, 2026
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    Pending highway bill ‘significantly higher’ than IIJA: Granite CEO

    The California-based contractor also noted an acceleration of about $40 billion in federal border infrastructure spending and said it was looking to buy more companies.

    By • Feb. 12, 2026
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    Gateway funding appeal deadline passes, money unblocked for now

    The work stoppage on the massive infrastructure project in New York is adding as much as $20 million a month in costs.

    By • Updated Feb. 13, 2026
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    PCL wins contract on $4B North Dakota gas plant

    The general contractor expects the first unit of the power plant to finish in early 2029, and the second unit about one year later in 2030.

    By • Feb. 6, 2026
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    To streamline construction, White House unveils permitting tool pilot

    The program will speed up environmental exclusions, in a move applauded by ASCE, which has emphasized the need for tech that develops infrastructure more efficiently.

    By • Feb. 4, 2026
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    MTA invested record $15.8B to capital projects last year

    The historic funding launched the authority’s 2025-2029 capital plan, per a release from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

    By • Feb. 3, 2026
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    Transit-oriented development bill introduced to Congress

    The bipartisan Build HUBS Act would incentivize construction of more housing near transit lines nationwide.

    By Julie Strupp • Feb. 3, 2026
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    Gilbane-Turner JV breaks ground on $1.7B New York public health facility

    The five-story, 663,000-square-foot Wadsworth Center will bring five sites together under one roof.

    By • Feb. 2, 2026