Charlotte officials dismiss idea for tunnel under city center

The North Carolina city will revisit its options for a planned $5 billion to $7 billion extension of its light-rail and other transportation systems.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 28, 2019

Santa Clara, California, transit authority starts $4.7B Phase II of BART extension

Work on this stretch of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system will include the creation of a 5-mile subway tunnel and four new stations.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 24, 2019

6 major projects that will wrap this year despite some obstacles

Crews are working hard at these developments to meet the schedule after, in some cases, several years of construction and delays.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 23, 2019

Few state DOTs impacted by shutdown so far

The Federal Highway Administration's recent 2019 funding commitment of $45.3 billion, however, could be reduced by new legislation from Congress.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 23, 2019

New York's Cuomo proposes $150B, 5-year infrastructure plan

The governor's proposed fiscal year 2020 budget also includes transportation funds and legislation to expand the use of the design-build project delivery method, among other provisions.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 22, 2019

Arkansas opens $142M of transportation projects to low bids

State officials pushed contractors to lower costs before awarding the largest of the 31 projects, a highway widening program in the northeast.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 22, 2019

Caltrans awards Granite projects worth $520M

Granite plans to pursue more than $4 billion of construction manager and general contractor work in 2019, with $1 billion of that in California. 

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 17, 2019

Work on majorly disruptive, $800M Miami bridge underway

The I-395 project, awarded to design-build joint venture Archer Western-de Moya Group after a contentious bidding process, will take four years.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 16, 2019

Audit: Poor management of $9B Honolulu light rail caused price spike, 6-year delay

A premature contract award to Kiewit and misinformation from HART eroded oversight and public confidence in the 20-mile rail, a state report found.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 15, 2019

$1B Arkansas bridge corridor estimate busts $535M budget

Kiewit-Massman Constructors, which recently won the design-build project through Little Rock, will spend the next six months crunching numbers.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 15, 2019

Pentagon eyes military construction budget for border wall

If the president declares a national emergency, the Department of Defense could reportedly tap up to $23 billion of unallocated construction funds.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 15, 2019

Group files third lawsuit against Maryland's Purple Line

The advocacy group was successful in delaying the $5.6 billion, 16-mile light-rail line for almost a year with a previous lawsuit.

By Kim Slowey • Updated Jan. 18, 2019

Federal shutdown threatening some infrastructure projects

States are holding off on cementing plans for 2019 surface transportation projects since much of their funding has been cut off.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 14, 2019

Border wall prototypes breached with common tools

Department of Homeland Security and military officials sawed through steel bollards in one design and found flaws with the other seven proposals as well.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 11, 2019

Trump prolongs shutdown in hopes of $5.7B 'steel barrier' at US-Mexico border

The president did not declare a national emergency Monday, which would militarize construction of the wall, but reiterated intentions to hold out for a deal.

By Kim Slowey • Updated Jan. 9, 2019

7 trends that will shape commercial construction in 2019

Automation, drone use, hyperloops and more are among the trends that will make the biggest impact on the industry this year.

By Kim Slowey , Laurie Cowin , Joe Beeton , Kathleen Brown • Jan. 7, 2019

Trump reportedly holds $16B approved for disaster mitigation in limbo

The federal government shutdown is likely to delay states' approval process for federal funding authorized last April.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 7, 2019

AGC's Arizona chapter sues over challenge to $7B light-rail funding

Contractors allege that though Building a Better Phoenix opposes light-rail extensions, funding for the projects has already been approved.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 7, 2019

String of infrastructure investments underway hints at big 2019

State and federal initiatives across North America represent some big spends and may help predict what's to come this year.

By Laurie Cowin • Jan. 3, 2019

FTA executes $1.2B grant for Seattle light-rail extension

Representing the Trump administration's largest transit grant deal, the funding will cover 36% of the $3.2 billion, 8.5-mile Lynnwood Link Extension.

By Kim Slowey • Jan. 2, 2019

Our 10 best stories of 2018

Construction Dive's top news and features covered AECOM, Skanska, Bechtel, the FIU bridge collapse, silica citations, stadium projects and more.

By Construction Dive Team • Dec. 21, 2018

Flatiron JV wins $224M stretch of San Diego's North Coast Corridor

The award brings the team — which also includes Skanska and Stacy and Witbeck — a total of $560 million of work on the $6 billion project.

By Kim Slowey • Dec. 21, 2018

$229M plan underway to replace collapsed bridge in Italy

The bridge, which should take about a year to build, will include 43 memorial lamps in honor of those who died in the Morandi Bridge failure.

By Kim Slowey • Dec. 21, 2018

State, local governments using higher revenues to increase infrastructure spending

Sales tax revenue from increased consumer spending is helping spur some new publicly funded construction projects, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

By Kim Slowey • Dec. 20, 2018

Fluor-Walsh JV wins $2B Chicago train modernization project

The Chicago Transit Authority's Phase One Red and Purple Line Modernization will be the largest capital project in authority history.

By Kim Slowey • Dec. 18, 2018