Lawmakers push for innovative materials in national infrastructure

The IMAGINE Act calls for new asphalt and concrete formulations, advanced alloys and metals, reinforced polymer composites and aggregate, geosynthetic and other materials meant to accelerate construction times and last longer.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 10, 2018

Virginia demands tunnel-boring for Hampton Roads project

All competing contractors must use the boring method of tunnel construction when calculating their bid proposals for the $3 billion project.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 9, 2018

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Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.

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Maryland Purple Line to bring years of 'intrusive' construction, official warns

The new light rail line will carve a path through neighborhoods and expose residents to the sounds and vibrations of drilling and maybe even blasting.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 9, 2018

FERC re-allows Mountain Valley Pipeline construction

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday said construction could resume on roughly 200 miles of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in Virginia and West Virginia.

By Kim Slowey • Updated Aug. 31, 2018

Construction begins on $211M Golden Gate Bridge suicide barrier

Costs for the net landed at about three times the original estimate due to complicated engineering and design and the logistics of installing 600 tons of marine-grade stainless steel 250 feet above the water.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 8, 2018

Report: Oregon 'hottest' market for roads through 2021

The Zweig Group's guide to U.S. DOT markets also identifies Texas, Florida and other states as meccas for infrastructure construction opportunities.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 7, 2018

Rising costs could limit West Virginia's $2.8B Roads to Prosperity program

Bids for the highway expansion plan's first project came in at $100 million more than the state anticipated.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 3, 2018

Contractor races to complete $650M North Carolina toll lanes

I-77 Mobility Partners has approximately 1,100 workers representing 90 contractors and subcontractors manning the project in a race to get toll lanes open by the end of the year.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 3, 2018

First phase of $3.6B Salt Lake City airport redevelopment hits halfway mark

The Salt Lake City International Airport project is the largest construction undertaking in Utah history.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 3, 2018

Critics blame NYC's scaffold law for rocketing insurance fees

Originally slated to cost $93 million, insurance costs for the East Side Access tunnel have ballooned to $584 million.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 2, 2018

Though underway, $77B California bullet train still threatened

Rail officials may be rushing the beleaguered Los Angeles-to-San Francisco line, which could end up costing $100 billion, to prevent possible upcoming government transitions from shutting down the project.

By Kim Slowey • Aug. 1, 2018

New Orleans eschews new water management techniques in $2B post-Katrina program

The city claims the scope of Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for hurricane repairs doesn't allow for eco-conscious​ water management systems.

By Kim Slowey • July 31, 2018

Construction progresses on $8B LaGuardia airport expansion

LaGuardia Gateway Partners, a joint venture which includes Skanska, Meridiam and others, has made significant headway.

By Kim Slowey • July 27, 2018

Composite bridge withstands twice the load of concrete, steel

University of Maine engineers recently used computer-controlled hydraulics to simulate truck loads on its new girder bridge system, which it says can be assembled in a few days and survive a century.

By Kathleen Brown • July 25, 2018

State touts paving technology on transportation projects

The Missouri Department of Transportation said technology such as intelligent compaction, infrared scanning and mapping software vastly improved some of its pavement construction operations.

By Construction Dive Editors • July 25, 2018

Cracks in Pensacola Bay Bridge halted concrete work twice

Skanska USA changed materials and placement methods after fissures in the deck of the $400 million bridge in Florida were discovered in March.

By Kim Slowey • July 25, 2018

2 US hyperloop startups secure Chinese state-backed funds

​Chinese investment groups offered a $1 billion credit line for Arrivo Corp. project backers and half the funding needed for a China-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies project.

By Kathleen Brown • July 24, 2018

Tariff exemption denied for $1.1B Texas pipeline project

The Commerce Department ruled that Plains All American Pipeline could buy U.S.-produced steel for the 550-mile pipe.

By Kim Slowey • July 20, 2018

Enbridge awards Aecon JV $282M Manitoba pipeline contract

The work will involve two pipeline segments, one of which will extend to the U.S.-Canada border.

By Kim Slowey • July 19, 2018

Report: Contract disputes are getting longer, more complex

The average length of a North American construction contract dispute was nearly 18 months in 2017, almost three months longer than the global average.

By Kathleen Brown • July 18, 2018

Safety in bridge construction: some say it's as simple as ABC

It's in the hot seat, but accelerated bridge construction, or putting prefabricated components in place like "Legos," is increasingly used, contractors say, because it doesn't interrupt traffic or place workers in danger.

By Kim Slowey • July 18, 2018

DC Water begins $580M leg of Anacostia River tunnel

The five-mile Northeast Boundary Tunnel is the last leg of the $2.7 billion Clean Rivers Project intended to ease sewer flooding in parts of the city.

By Kim Slowey • July 17, 2018

Moody's: Florida I-4 P3 filed $100M claim for extra costs, wants 245 extra schedule days

The state's Department of Transportation is still reviewing the cost and schedule claims put forth by I-4 Mobility Partners, which includes Skanska and John Laing plc entities.

By Kim Slowey • July 16, 2018

Troy Construction's current natural gas and pipeline contracts worth more than $1B

A reporting agency tracking work in the region said Troy is working on several high-value projects for firms like Kinder Morgan Inc. and Cheniere Energy Inc.

By Kim Slowey • July 16, 2018

Iowa DOT orders demo, rebuild of part of $23M bridge

Officials said the repairs that Minnowa Construction will have to pay for and make include correcting bridge piers and abutments.

By Kim Slowey • July 13, 2018