Jacobs Engineering tops ENR's 2019 design firm rankings

The AEC powerhouse claimed the top spot for the second year running in a field where "technology now is the price of entry."

By Kathleen Brown • May 1, 2019

US military set on 3D-printing more bridges, buildings

The Department of Defense is seeking an autonomous, 'construction-scale' printer that can be quickly set up and deployed by just four users.

By Kim Slowey • May 1, 2019

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Chicago readies $2B Red, Purple Line modernization

Construction on the Chicago Transit Authority's largest capital project ever should begin later this year.

By Kim Slowey • May 1, 2019

Losing bidder sues US over unfair border wall award process

Contractor Fisher Sand & Gravel alleges his firm and other pre-qualified contractors have been suppressed from competing.

By Kim Slowey • Updated May 8, 2019

Chicago unveils online tool displaying construction, events

ChiStreetWork, which uses the Google Maps platform, keeps users up to date on infrastructure upgrades, active jobsites and more.

By Katie Pyzyk • April 26, 2019

Illinois Tollway awards $229M in construction, engineering contracts

A $184 million contract to reconstruct the Mile Long Bridge is the authority's largest award to date, and is part of its $14 billion, 15-year modernization.

By Kim Slowey • April 26, 2019

Amid milestones, $1B South Coast rail in Massachusetts delayed a year

Preconstruction on the route from Boston to the state's southeastern region is underway, but the service date has been pushed back due to cost increases.

By Kim Slowey • April 25, 2019

Military prequalifying contractors for $8B of border wall construction

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans on selecting firms via the best-value or low-price methods of procurement.

By Kim Slowey • April 25, 2019

Virgin Trains' $4B Florida line tees up for construction

Following a $1.7 billion private activity bond sale, the West Palm Beach to Orlando airport line will begin soon, needing 10,000 workers.

By Kim Slowey • April 23, 2019

Purple Line in Maryland to fund, place new water main

The Maryland Transit Administration's replacement of the pipe deemed dangerously close to construction of its $6 billion light-rail project could take two years.

By Kim Slowey • Updated May 9, 2019

$3.1B Federal Way Link light-rail extension advances

The 7.8-mile Seattle-area project now moves to the engineering phase, putting it closer to securing a $790 million Federal Transit Administration grant.

By Kim Slowey • April 17, 2019

Contractor picked for $1.6B part of Florida DOT work Astaldi defaulted on

The surety company awarded SEMA Construction Inc. of Colorado Section 7A of the Wekiva Parkway stretch.

By Kim Slowey • Updated June 4, 2019

Tutor Perini denies fault in Central Subway project delays

Setbacks on the $1.6 billion line can be attributed to the San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority's design errors, the general contractor said.

By Kim Slowey • April 16, 2019

Pentagon to identify projects sidelined for border wall

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said he has "not yet decided" whether to authorize military funds for this purpose, but told the department to make the money available.

By Kim Slowey • April 16, 2019

Bipartisan bill shoots for $125B infrastructure investment

By eliminating capital gains taxes on certain foreign investments, supporters of the Invest in America Act hope to draw in more federal funds for state and local construction projects.

By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019

Cracks present more woes for DC's $5.8B Silver Line

Faulty concrete panels, rail ties and now support pedestals have delayed the Clark-Kiewit-led Washington, D.C., Metrorail expansion by more than a year.

By Kim Slowey • April 15, 2019

NABTU: Union, wage protections must underlie $1T infrastructure plan

Union leaders and lawmakers at a conference this week called for prevailing wages, project labor agreements and other standards to be included.

By Kathleen Brown • April 10, 2019

Strategies to keep light-rail projects on track

Planning, collaboration and alternative delivery methods can be key in the face of land acquisition, funding, cost and other challenges.

By Kim Slowey • April 10, 2019

$976M of border wall contracts awarded

The first funds made available through the president's national emergency declaration have resulted in Army Corps of Engineers contracts to SLS Ltd. for $789 million and Barnard Construction for $187 million.

By Kim Slowey • April 10, 2019

$1.2B Minnesota DOT projects planned in 2019

Several hundred transit-related projects will kick off this year, but another 500 valued at approximately $18 billion needed during the next 20 years likely won't find funding, an official said.

By Kim Slowey • April 9, 2019

Contractor awarded $1B overhaul of Shreveport, Louisiana, sewer system

Burns & McDonnell and Bonton Associates beat out two other teams competing for the 12-year sewer modernization program mandated by the EPA.

By Kim Slowey • Updated April 10, 2019

Building the wall: A construction timeline

The Trump administration has announced a new border wall cam that will show progress from the last month, and continued to award contracts despite calls for more money being sent to the coronavirus fight. 

By Construction Dive Editors • Updated April 24, 2020

Clark rebuilds century-old DC tunnel despite pitfalls

Using progressive design-build, Clark Construction demolished an urban underpass and rebuilt two in its place for CSX rail — without halting train traffic or getting tripped up by strenuous environmental reviews.

By Joe Beeton • April 3, 2019

NYC sewer system construction costs rocket 1500% to $1.2B

The EPA's estimate that the Gowanus Canal sewage retention tank project in Brooklyn would be around $78 million was too conservation due to tank design, land acquisition and historic preservation costs, a local agency says.

By Kim Slowey • April 3, 2019

Pentagon hands over $1 billion for border fencing

Out of the $6.1 billion in defense funds made available under the national emergency declaration, this amount will support construction of 57 miles of fencing on the southwest border.

By Kathleen Brown • April 1, 2019