Mountain Valley Pipeline costs rise to $4.6B

About half of the increase is due to August work stoppages ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a result of environmental lawsuits.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 27, 2018

$2.5B Port of Savannah expansion may include new bridge

The plan would expand the port's containerized cargo capacity 45% by 2028 and may include replacing the Talmadge Memorial Bridge, which cannot currently accommodate shippers' largest cargo vessels.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 25, 2018

Walsh/Shea 5 months behind on $2B Crenshaw-LAX rail

A Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority chief said the 8.5-mile light-rail line is approximately 86% complete, but electrical work is taking longer than anticipated.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 24, 2018

Brightline buys XpressWest rail, plans high-speed SoCal-Vegas line

The Florida-based company agreed to purchase the high-speed rail project earlier this week, noting that it now holds the only two privately funded intercity rail lines in the U.S.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 20, 2018

House passes water infrastructure bill, provides $922M for Michigan's Soo Locks

The Army Corps of Engineers has recommended that one of the four locks, the 50-year-old Poe Lock, be replaced with a new, 1,200-foot lock.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 18, 2018

Texas Central Partners scores $300M loan for high-speed train

The developer of a proposed high-speed, Dallas-Houston rail system expected to cost up to $15 billion was able to secure the funds from two Japanese banks.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 18, 2018

Oklahoma okays $6B, 8-year infrastructure construction plan

The state's plan involves spending up to $787 million per year through 2026 on over 1,000 projects, including 686 bridge repairs.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 17, 2018

$6B San Francisco rail tunnel route gets approval

Despite the San Francisco Transportation Authority's green light, the route may be subject to roadblocks from various regional, state and city agencies and groups before construction begins.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 14, 2018

Road construction fatalities climbed through 2016

As construction picked up after the Great Recession, so did worker deaths, according to the most recent statistics.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 13, 2018

Sea-Tac airport project costs climb to $968M

In addition to the roughly $360 million cost jump, design changes such as two new international gates and an outbound luggage system have delayed the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport expansion by eight months.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 13, 2018

DC Metro awards $214M Potomac Yard Metrorail contract to Halmar-Schiavone JV

Higher-than-anticipated bids prompted officials to alter the design, such as eliminating one entrance and revising another, to lower costs from the originally budgeted $268 million.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 12, 2018

Report: Cuomo administration pushed bridge contractor to finish despite safety concerns

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called allegations that his administration was willing to risk safety in order to score a political win with voters ahead of the Democratic primary on Sept. 13 "nonsensical." 

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 12, 2018

Bechtel wins $1.3B Ohio combined-cycle plant project

The new 1,182-megawatt facility, slated to become operational in 2021, is expected to create around 1,000 temporary construction jobs.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 12, 2018

Michigan DOT awards final $1.4B stretch of I-75 to local group

Using a group to design, build and finance the project will shave 10 years off the original schedule, the agency said.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 11, 2018

Lane Construction JV wins $673M California I-10 contract

Lane estimated that its piece of the design-build I-10 express lane project is valued at $404 million.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 11, 2018

Balfour Beatty wins design-build contract for $126M California water treatment plant

The water district issued a $2 million contract for permitting and initial design of the Sterling Natural Resource Center wastewater treatment facility until a guaranteed maximum price is established.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 10, 2018

Oroville Dam repair costs top $1B

California's Department of Water Resources said cost estimates could change as crews work to meet a Nov. 1 concrete replacement deadline.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 7, 2018

$1B infrastructure program announced in Indiana

Gov. Eric Holcomb's plan includes $600 million to fast-track Interstate 69 and $190 million for highway improvements, among other measures.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 6, 2018

Contractor sought for CA$1.4B British Columbia bridge

The procurement process is underway as the province's search for a firm to design, build and partially finance the Vancouver-area Pattullo Bridge replacement continues in hopes of a summer 2019 start.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 6, 2018

Michigan association's impasse with union equipment operators stalls hundreds of jobsites

Michigan Infrastructure & Transportation Association's lockout of approximately 2,000 union operating engineers due to failed negotiations has some contractors hiring nonunion and out-of-state operators to keep projects going.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 5, 2018

Data offers vision into construction equipment blind spots

Data about equipment rentals can be just as important to the bottom line as the equipment itself, but accessing it requires a breakdown of silos, Mark Bishop of United Rentals says.

By Mark Bishop • Sept. 5, 2018

Banks are investing big in infrastructure despite stalled federal plan

Even though the president's infrastructure plan is pending, investors such as Blackstone, Carlyle and others continue to raise billions for projects.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 5, 2018

S&P: US-Canada bridge costs approach CA$3.5B

In addition to uncovering the Gordie Howe International Bridge's latest cost estimates based on presale bonds, an S&P Global report found some positives and negatives about the project.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 4, 2018

30-year construction of $3B Ohio River dam wraps up

The Olmsted Locks and Dam replacement project, which took 30 years to finish, is the biggest project the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed since the construction of the Panama Canal. 

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 4, 2018

Rhode Island officials blame AECOM for crippling traffic

State officials allege that the information in an AECOM study led to recent massive traffic jams on I-195 and said they will have to delay construction on a bridge until they can come up with a better traffic diversion plan.

By Kim Slowey • Sept. 4, 2018