Israel's Virus-Closed New $2B High-Speed Rail to Reopen Debra K. Rubin May 20, 2020 No Comments Shutdown enabled drilling for controversial planned new link to Jerusalem's Western Wall.Read More
Firms Find the Technology to Keep Working Through a Pandemic Jeff Rubenstone Debra K. Rubin Peter Reina Jeff Yoders May 20, 2020 One Comment Embracing new tech-based strategies is seen as key for companies and owners to keep project bids and schedules on trackRead More
UK Parliament Questions Hidden Details on High Speed Rail Costs Peter Reina May 19, 2020 No Comments With government commitment to expensive megaproject, MPs charge that fast-rising price agency and builders saw in 2018 wasn't shared.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction House Passes $3T Relief Bill With $15B for Highways, Fixes for PPP, Multiemployer Pensions Tom Ichniowski May 17, 2020 2 Comments GOP blasts bill, but measure may be Democrats' opening proposal for negotiations toward a compromise measure.Read More
Court Ruling Elevates Eminent Domain Battle on $20B Texas Rail Project Mary B. Powers May 17, 2020 No Comments State high court now must weigh landowners' challenge to private firm's authority as 'operating railroad' to survey or take over route parcels.Read More
Global Construction World's Largest Sunken Tunnel Gets Green Light Peter Reina May 14, 2020 No Comments Site work on the roughly 18-km, Denmark-Germany Femern crossing will start in January, after being delayed several months by the coronavirus and legal questions over financing of the $7.5-billion project.Read More
Tests Aim to 'Rejuvenate' Recycled Asphalt Pavements Aileen Cho May 13, 2020 No Comments Asphalt additives called rejuvenators show potential for facilitating higher proportions of recycled asphalt pavement in road mixes.Read More
Coronavirus and Construction With Less Driving, Where Will Funds For Road Construction Come From? Tom Ichniowski Jim Parsons Aileen Cho May 13, 2020 No Comments Decrease in driver-fueled revenue poses uncertainty for future projects as agencies await word on federal aid.Read More
Infrastructure Coronavirus Complicates Already-Complex P3 Project in Norway Peter Reina May 12, 2020 No Comments Three international firms have prequalified to finance, design, build and operate the $1-billion Rv. 555 for 25 years.Read More
COVID-19 Takes Added Toll on UK Market, But More European Projects Reopen Peter Reina Debra K. Rubin May 7, 2020 No Comments UK purchasing index reports 23-year record declines in April while survey shows industry value way off; but two big Paris rail jobs resume.Read More