Transportation MBTA Launches $1.1B South Coast Line Extending Rail Service To, From Boston Six new stations constructed on the Fall River/New Bedford Line provide passenger rail service for the first time in 65 years. Johanna Knapschaefer March 27, 2025 No Comments The recently opened project includes six new Massachusetts rail stations linking to the city for the first time in 65 years.Read More
Transit AECOM-HNTB Team Wins $186M Contract to Manage NYC Second Avenue Subway Extension James Leggate March 26, 2025 No Comments The MTA selected the joint venture over two other teams that submitted proposals for the work on the Second Avenue subway extension.Read More
Highways UPDATE Sinkholes Close Key NJ Interstate-80 As Officials Seek Solutions, Funding Jim Parsons Debra K. Rubin March 26, 2025 No Comments State DOT said even with 24/7 repair operation, some lanes won't reopen for weeks after three large voids emerged on heavily traveled highway link, as agency taps outside experts and awaits word on federal assistance.Read More
Energy Local Opposition Again Tables $180M Newark, NJ, Gas Plant Debra K. Rubin March 25, 2025 No Comments Big wastewater treatment site backup gas power plant is strongly opposed by residents of city already deemed a pollution-burdened community.Read More
Transportation HOK to Design Dulles Airport Expansion The project is part of a $7-billion package the airport expects to complete during the next 15 years Jim Parsons March 24, 2025 No Comments Dulles AeroTrain will link new facilities with the northern Virginia airport’s main terminal and other concourses.Read More
Top Starts | ENR New York Owner of the Year Purposeful Portfolio Drives Lendlease's New York Development Tom Stabile March 24, 2025 No Comments Placemaking acumen and sustainability building practices lands the developer the ENR New York's Owner of the Year award.Read More
Digging Deeper | Office/Retail/Mixed-Use Team Delivers Manhattan Supertall Tower on a Quarter-Acre Parcel Jim Parsons March 24, 2025 No Comments Manhattan’s newest supertall building, 520 Fifth Avenue, rises 1,002 ft from a constrained site on the corner of a busy intersection.Read More
Digging Deeper | Landscape/Urban Development Groundbreaking Foundation Deployed on Virginia Lookout Tower Bruce Buckley March 24, 2025 No Comments Threaded steel rods in the concrete-free foundation are the key to the Nautilus Observation Tower's first-in-the-nation design in Virginia Beach, Va.Read More
Top Starts | MidAtlantic Owner of the Year Virginia Tech Gives Master Class in Capital Construction Jim Parsons March 24, 2025 No Comments ENR MidAtlantic's Owner of the Year incorporates academic research into its $1-billion-plus capital construction portfolio.Read More
Legacy Award | Leadership Profile For NYC Architect, Being an Early Adopter in Cultural Design and Sustainability Was Key Justin Rice March 24, 2025 No Comments Sylvia Smith, ENR New York Legacy Award winner, fulfilled her mission as a pioneering partner at Brooklyn-based FXCollaborative.Read More