Infrastructure: Page 27

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    Executive Moves

    Suffolk taps Clark exec for EVP role

    Brett Earnest will take over as the Boston-based builder’s aviation and transportation, federal and mission critical leader.

    By • Sept. 27, 2023
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    ‘Everybody’s going to be impacted’: Fed shutdown would delay civil work

    Infrastructure projects will be held up if the government is not funded by Sunday, according to the White House and association leaders.

    By • Updated Sept. 27, 2023
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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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    Buttigieg grilled over rollout of infrastructure funds by House committee

    Some Republican committee members questioned the pace of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s rollout and its climate and equity aims.

    By Dan Zukowski • Sept. 26, 2023
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    Amtrak to triple infrastructure investment over 2 years

    With funding from the 2021 infrastructure law, Amtrak plans major work on bridges, tunnels and other projects.

    By Dan Zukowski • Sept. 26, 2023
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    Column

    The Dotted Line: How to prepare for Davis-Bacon updates

    There are a slew of changes that contractors need to be aware of, or risk paying back wages and penalties.

    By • Sept. 26, 2023
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    2 more manufacturing megaprojects break ground

    Public money is keeping factory construction humming along at a record pace, including for new North Carolina and Louisiana facilities worth $3.6 billion total.

    By • Sept. 26, 2023
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    Project Wins

    Tutor Perini lands $47M Everglades National Park job

    The contractor will build a new visitor center able to withstand hurricane-force winds, a bulkhead and docks at the southern Florida site. 

    By • Sept. 22, 2023
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    Economic Reports

    Manufacturing, transportation gains lift construction starts

    Factory project kickoffs continued their tear, rocketing 285% from the month before.

    By • Sept. 22, 2023
  • A rendering of Chicago's Red Line Expansion at 103rd street. The computer generated, polygon-based render features a busy street, with an overpass for trains above. A train is zooming by.
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    Feds earmark $2B for Chicago’s Red Line extension

    The city's transit authority got a commitment from Washington for the 5.6-mile extension and has shortlisted three contractors for the job.

    By • Sept. 21, 2023
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    $583M stormwater tunnel complete in DC

    A Salini Impregilo and Lane Construction JV built the Northeast Boundary Tunnel, the largest part of a $2.7 billion system in progress.

    By • Sept. 20, 2023
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    US tower tops out on $5.7B Gordie Howe Bridge

    A Fluor, ACS Infrastructure and Aecon JV is building the project that will span Detroit and Windsor, Canada. Work is entering final stages.

    By • Sept. 19, 2023
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    Project Wins

    Jacobs scores $25M Connecticut water project

    Work includes engineering services and support for improvements to the overall facility, sludge system, water quality lab and treatment process.

    By • Sept. 18, 2023
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    Building codes aren’t climate ready, but changes are coming

    Risk is growing from flooding and wildfires, said National Institute of Building Sciences panelists, and builders are relying on outdated guidance.

    By • Sept. 14, 2023
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    Why preconstruction has stolen the project spotlight

    Construction Dive rounds up its series on the challenges and opportunities of a strong preconstruction approach. 

    By Chris Wood • Sept. 14, 2023
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    Opinion

    The time is now to protect your firm from ransomware attacks

    Contractors are prime targets for hacks, but there are important steps businessowners can take to protect themselves, writes one cyber expert.

    By Stel Valavanis • Sept. 13, 2023
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    Q&A

    Project manager’s love of construction began early

    As a child, Bond Civil & Utility Construction's Selasie Buatsi tagged along with her father to construction jobs in her native Ghana.

    By • Sept. 13, 2023
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    Project Wins

    Amtrak picks contractors for first phase of $6B tunnel

    The railroad selected a Clark Construction/Stacy and Witbeck JV for the Southern Approach work on the Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore.

    By • Sept. 12, 2023
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    Project Milestones

    Walsh kicks off $1B Microsoft data center on former Foxconn site

    Earthwork and excavation on the property in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, have begun, setting the stage for foundation work this fall.

    By • Sept. 8, 2023
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    WSP bets on 3D-printed concrete for infrastructure projects

    The Canadian building giant is developing new applications for the technology, which can cut carbon emissions and project costs.

    By • Sept. 7, 2023
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    Project Milestones

    Hensel Phelps starts $164M Austin airport gate expansion

    The 84,500-square-foot upgrade is one of 61 planned projects worth a total of $6.5 billion at the Texas travel hub.

    By • Sept. 7, 2023
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    Balfour Beatty sued by EEOC for sexual harassment

    A worker allegedly texted explicit photos and made sexual advances to a woman working as a truck driver on a North Carolina highway project. 

    By • Sept. 6, 2023
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    Project Milestones

    Clayco breaks ground on $1.5B Indiana manufacturing plant

    The Chicago-based general contractor will self-perform the concrete foundations, flatwork, tilt-up wall panels and concrete paving on the lithium-ion battery separator materials hub.

    By • Sept. 6, 2023
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    Project Wins

    Flatiron’s E.E. Cruz to use unique lift system on NYC bridge project

    The contractor aims to minimize traffic disruption during construction on the $138 million Bronx River Parkway Bridge.

    By • Sept. 5, 2023
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    Project Wins

    Skanska wins $834M highway improvement project

    Washington state DOT contracted the Sweden-based developer to build toll lanes along a 4.5-mile stretch of the I-405 corridor.

    By • Sept. 5, 2023
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    August Project Wins: Contractors report their latest awards

    Construction Dive rounds up the newest jobs won by some of the country’s biggest builders.

    By Construction Dive Staff • Sept. 5, 2023