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Shelter-in-place rules, project shutdowns and social distance mandates spurred by COVID-19 have disrupted career starts for this year’s engineering and construction graduate hires and interns—with job commitments and work parameters changing for many.

Many firms say CM-at-Risk and Design-Build will aid in recovery of a construction market hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continuing protests in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have had an impact on construction in some major U.S. cities.

The design team for Pittsburgh International Airport’s planned 650,000-sq-ft new terminal had nearly reached the 60% design mark in March, and the owner was preparing to release preparatory enabling contracts.

The amount of effort spent scheduling the work on today’s construction projects is staggering.

The contractor agreed to settle with the Justice Dept. by paying a $1 million settlement over claims it misrepresented its use of a disadvantaged business as a subcontractor on a terminal building project at Peoria International Airport project.

For some contractors, COVID-19 site mitigation measures offered a dry run for the 2020 season, which began June 1