AECOM launches new sewer inspection software

Pipeinsights can help clients track and fix water infrastructure more effectively, the company said.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 21, 2022

West Virginia set to build $3B natural gas, carbon capture plant

The project was enabled by expanded tax credits for alternative energy projects in the Inflation Reduction Act.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 20, 2022

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Granite nixes plans to sell water, mineral units

Kyle Larkin, the firm’s president and CEO, said “current market conditions” meant the firm couldn’t get the price it wanted for the businesses.

By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 20, 2022

White House announces $2.4B for state EV charging infrastructure, other projects

The EV charging programs were created through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Also approved were $1.5 billion in grants for highway, multimodal freight and rail projects.

By Dan Zukowski • Sept. 16, 2022

Biden’s Buy Clean task force releases plan to slash construction carbon emissions

The federal government will throw its purchasing power behind green materials on civil builds, launch low-carbon demonstration projects and more.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 15, 2022

Railroads, unions reach tentative deal to avert strike

A potential worker walkout that would have shut down major freight railroads and further tangled supply chains was prevented overnight.

By Dan Zukowski • Sept. 15, 2022

3 award-winning water construction projects

The Water Environment Federation selected these top projects for their innovative design and approach.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 13, 2022

Construction begins on $9.5B JFK Airport Terminal One

It’s the largest component of the New York City facility’s four-part, $18 billion overhaul.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 13, 2022

Railroads prepare for nationwide strike

A major rail stoppage could add to construction’s supply chain woes, according to a new report.

By Jennifer Goodman • Sept. 13, 2022

Minneapolis light rail extension $9.5M over budget, 9 years behind schedule

A new audit shows the cost of the $2.74 billion Southwest Corridor project is more than double its 2011 estimate.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 12, 2022

Texas advances $85B road-building plan

The state DOT plans to spend a record amount on hundreds of transportation projects over the next decade.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 8, 2022

Harbor Bridge contractor pledges to address safety concerns

Flatiron/Dragados proposed solutions to design and construction issues that Texas DOT raised on the $803 million project in Corpus Christi, Texas.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 7, 2022

‘Dig once’ strategy minimizes infrastructure project pain: McKinsey

New analysis finds that coordinating public works projects helps builders manage materials and labor shortages and stay on schedule.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 6, 2022

Construction accountant on IIJA funds, inflation and CHIPS Act’s $500B potential

Erin Roberts, head of Ernst and Young's global construction and engineering practice, talked with Construction Dive about the additional boost private funding will give government programs.

By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 6, 2022

Maryland Purple Line owner, union reach PLA on $9.3B project

Contractors left, costs rose and deadlines extended. Now, the project will use members of a local laborer’s union to build the Maryland light rail.

By Zachary Phillips • Sept. 2, 2022

Public projects keep nonresidential construction spending positive, overall sector falls

Total construction spending fell 0.4% in July, but highway and public safety jobs, funded by public dollars, kept non-housing-related spending in the black.

By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 2, 2022

$1.4B I-5 expansion in Tacoma, Washington, complete after 2 decades

Despite supply chain and labor challenges, the end is in sight for the 14-project effort to add high-occupancy vehicle lanes and make other improvements.

By Julie Strupp • Sept. 1, 2022

Lack of construction workers threatens infrastructure efforts: AGC

A full 91% of firms are having trouble staffing jobsites and there’s “almost nobody” looking for construction jobs, according to a new Associated General Contractors of America survey.

By Joe Bousquin • Sept. 1, 2022

3 questions White House advisor says to ask about infrastructure work

Small- and medium-sized companies will be crucial to executing IIJA projects, Mitch Landrieu said.

By Zachary Phillips • Aug. 31, 2022

Texas DOT halts $803M Harbor Bridge project over safety issues

Citing what it called a “lack of responsiveness to safety concerns,” the agency has threatened to replace the Flatiron/Dragados team building the six-lane span in Corpus Christi, Texas.

By George Kevin Jordan • Aug. 30, 2022

Seattle-area light rail extensions delayed by myriad problems

The $10 billion Sound Transit project has been slowed by a concrete workers’ strike, the pandemic and a variety of construction issues.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 29, 2022

FERC gives builders 4 more years to finish $6.6B Mountain Valley gas pipeline

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday said the long-delayed project remains in the public interest.

By Ethan Howland • Aug. 25, 2022

DOE to support development of ‘next-generation cyber tools’ to protect grid

The agency announced $45 million will be available for up to 15 “next-generation” cybersecurity research, development and demonstration projects.

By Robert Walton • Aug. 24, 2022

NYC’s most critical infrastructure now and for the next 100 years

The New York Building Congress outlined which rail, road, bridge and other projects will grow the city's economy and help it adapt to climate change.

By Sebastian Obando • Aug. 24, 2022

Inflation Reduction Act includes $3B to improve roads

The law funds a new grant program to build connections across highways and railroads and to redesign streets that are dangerous to cross.

By Julie Strupp • Aug. 23, 2022