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The joint venture will complete engineering work on the new $930-million U.S. Route 181/Harbor Bridge in Texas, taking over from original engineer-of-record FIGG.

A collaboration, led by Medistar Corp. and researchers from the University of Houston and Texas A&M, has developed a heating ventilating and air conditioning system filter that can trap and instantly kill 99.8% of the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, says the team.

Post-pandemic terminal designs are set to incorporate new social distancing approaches.

Developer Steve Samuels began work on a $700-million air-rights tower complex over the Massachusetts Turnpike in Boston.

Working on a customized trestle in the middle of a stream, crews recently installed in Oahu, Hawaii, what officials say may be the deepest 10-ft-dia cast-in-drilled-hole pile (CIDH) in foundation history.

Crews are focusing on punch-list items and fiber-reinforced wrapping of bridge columns following a fast-track overpass replacement made possible by long-standing relationships between subcontractors and suppliers and a contracting company’s history of similar feats, according to project team members.

Hoping to alleviate chronic problems with congestion, aging infrastructure and damage from Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey Transit is moving forward with a five-year, $17-billion capital plan and a first-time 10-year strategic plan—despite a $6-billion funding gap and lost revenue due to the pandemic.

As technology keeps changing, states keep working on alternatives or add-ons to the gas tax.