Infrastructure: Page 34

  • Panelists discuss designing and building resilient waterfronts during the 2023 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo
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    Greenbuild 2023: Panelists tackle rising importance of waterfront resilience

    The discussion revolved around the unique challenges posed by waterfront projects, the significance of climate adaptation and the role of rating systems.

    By • Oct. 10, 2023
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    Regional Report

    Columbus embraces its role as ‘tech capital of the Midwest’

    A deluge of private sector funding, rapid growth and a strong business environment contribute to the Ohio city’s surging starts.

    By • Updated Oct. 10, 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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    $19B JFK project opens construction support facility

    The hub will produce concrete on site and employ barges to reduce emissions and congestion on the airport rehab project.

    By • Oct. 6, 2023
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    MTA lags on NYC subway flooding prevention plan

    A new audit shows severe weather amplified by climate change poses a huge risk to the city’s transit system, which was swamped by a tropical rainstorm last month.

    By Julie Strupp • Oct. 5, 2023
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    White House earmarks $500M in CHIPS funds for smaller projects

    The support for semiconductor-related construction under $300 million follows the Department of Commerce’s announcement in June to expand funding for larger supply chain projects.

    By • Oct. 5, 2023
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    Army Corps launches $7.5B dam safety loan program

    The nation's decrepit dams desperately need rehabilitation, something the new loans are designed to fund.

    By Julie Strupp • Oct. 3, 2023
  • Rendering of the exterior view of the new SEA airport terminal.
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    Sea-Tac gets nod for $399M expansion

    The Port of Seattle Commission green-lit the budget for the airport’s Concourse C project, which Turner Construction will build.

    By Julie Strupp • Oct. 3, 2023
  • Aerial view of a cityscape with roads, parking lots and buildings where Amtrak's Frederick Douglass tunnel will be built.
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    September project wins: Contractors reveal their latest awards

    As summer came to a close, builders announced big infrastructure wins.

    By • Sept. 29, 2023
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    Project Wins

    AECOM JV to lead $2.6B Virginia resilience project

    The mega-contractor, along with Moffatt & Nichol and Volkert, will provide program and project management services to protect Norfolk from storm risk and sea-level rise due to climate change.

    By Julie Strupp • Sept. 28, 2023
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    $300M Jacksonville airport concourse delayed

    Environmental reviews and staffing shortages at the FAA have pushed back groundbreaking at the Florida airport’s Concourse B.

    By • Sept. 28, 2023
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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 Julie Strupp • Updated Sept. 27, 2023
  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaking at a Congressional hearing.
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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 Julie Strupp • Sept. 26, 2023
  • First Solar holds a photo op at the construction site of its $1.1 billion facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.
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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 Julie Strupp • Sept. 20, 2023
  • Two bridge towers on either side of a river stand tall, with scaffolding and cranes around them.
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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 Julie Strupp • 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
  • Three people in winter gear walk through the burn-out remains of a building partly coated with snow. Blue mountains are in the background.
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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 Julie Strupp • 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