Bechtel starts construction on NASA’s $1.5B Florida launch site

The rocket pad project, which will play a role in the agency's mission to put people back on the moon, has faced delays and cost overruns.

By Matthew Thibault • Aug. 24, 2023

Turner kicks off $100M Albany airport revamp

The project at the nation’s oldest municipal airport will relieve passenger congestion that backs up from security to the facility’s parking garage.

By Joe Bousquin • Aug. 22, 2023

Balfour Beatty wins $62M Texas highway project

The London-based builder will widen U.S. Highway 90U, a thoroughfare that services the Houston area.

By Matthew Thibault • Aug. 22, 2023

Friday Feedback: How has extreme heat affected your projects?

The impacts of triple-digit temperatures on workers are obvious. But what about the effects on timelines and costs?

By Joe Bousquin • Aug. 18, 2023

Granite wins $215M sewer contract

The Northside Interceptor Tunnel Project in Akron, Ohio, is part of a mandate from the EPA for the city to clean up its waterways.

By Joe Bousquin • Aug. 18, 2023

What to know about final Build America, Buy America guidelines

The White House has clarified rules around which construction materials for federal infrastructure projects must be produced in the U.S.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 17, 2023

Federal money buoys construction, engineering firms

More than 36,000 transportation improvement projects have advanced due to the IIJA, according to the American Road and Transportation Builders Association.

By Dan Zukowski • Aug. 15, 2023

‘It appears to be a total loss’: Wildfires devastate Lahaina’s infrastructure

Last week’s blaze took out power lines, roads and water systems in Maui, Hawaii, local officials say, but no major construction projects seem to have been affected. 

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 15, 2023

Adolfson & Peterson completes 2 Texas hospitals worth $37M

The medical facilities, which recently celebrated their grand openings, are over 100,000 square feet combined.

By Matthew Thibault • Aug. 15, 2023

USACE taps Turner for $389M military flood contract

The project calls for two buildings at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska, that will sit above the 100-year floodplain after a deluge on the Missouri River in 2019.

By Joe Bousquin • Aug. 15, 2023

Manufacturing megaprojects gobble up workers

From Taylor, Texas, to Licking County, Ohio, multibillion-dollar factory projects are magnifying labor woes and driving up costs.

By Sebastian Obando • Aug. 14, 2023

Readers Respond: IIJA is boosting business for many contractors

Construction Dive readers said they’re benefiting from the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, but a lack of skilled labor and clarity around Build America, Buy America requirements is holding them back.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 11, 2023

WSP profit, revenue, backlog jump

CEO and President Alexandre L’Heureux said the company’s second quarter performance surpassed expectations, despite inflation and labor challenges.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 10, 2023

AECOM reports Q3 loss despite higher revenue

The CEO of the Dallas-based firm said inflation has increased costs for delivering infrastructure projects, but prices are beginning to stabilize.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 9, 2023

Jacobs’ profits drop on higher revenues

The company attributed its top-line growth to strong momentum from trends such as critical infrastructure, water scarcity, energy transition and onshoring.

By Sebastian Obando • Aug. 9, 2023

Boston Green Line Extension builders sue STV for $35M

Fluor, The Middlesex Corp., Herzog and Balfour Beatty filed suit against the engineering firm for its designs on the $2.3 billion MBTA light rail project.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 8, 2023

Davis-Bacon changes to be effective Oct. 23, DOL says

A document published Thursday provides specifics on the Labor Department’s update to prevailing wage rules, including when they will be in effect.

By Jennifer Goodman • Updated Aug. 11, 2023

Construction planning drops for fifth month on interest rates, lending issues

Weaker commercial activity will counter more robust institutional ambitions for the rest of 2023, said Sarah Martin, associate director of forecasting for Dodge Construction Network.

By Sebastian Obando • Aug. 8, 2023

Tutor Perini’s losses narrow on improved revenue

The contractor said it was putting the challenges of COVID-19 behind it, with more bidding opportunities lined up for the rest of the year.

By Joe Bousquin • Aug. 8, 2023

Ohio, Kentucky tap Walsh Kokosing JV for $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge project

Jacobs and AECOM will pitch in with design and engineering on the endeavor, which has become a symbol of the country’s infrastructure push.

By Matthew Thibault • Aug. 7, 2023

Construction’s manufacturing boom: Mapping the biggest facilities underway in the US

New projects added to the tracker this month include a $1.3 billion Microporous battery separator project in Virginia and a $700 million Canadian Solar battery facility in Shelbyville, Kentucky.

By Sebastian Obando , Julia Himmel • Updated Nov. 21, 2024

Infrastructure holds top spot among US mayors’ priorities: NLC report

Residents put public safety at the top of their concerns, says a co-author of the 2023 State of the Cities report.

By Kalena Thomhave • Aug. 7, 2023

Fluor posts $61M profit, boosts backlog

“Results were better and cleaner than recent quarters, and the net drama is much less,” said Andrew Wittmann, senior research analyst at Milwaukee-based financial services company Baird.

By Sebastian Obando • Aug. 4, 2023

Friday Feedback: Has the infrastructure act helped your business?

Construction Dive’s weekly summer series asks for reader input on a variety of topics.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 4, 2023

Enrollment, funding, supply chain issues throw wrench into school construction projects

Schools are having to delay or alter facility projects as market forces balloon total project costs beyond what was initially budgeted or agreed upon.

By Naaz Modan • Aug. 3, 2023