LaGuardia Terminal Project is First to Go 'Platinum' Tom Stabile August 28, 2019 No Comments $5.1B NYC airport revamp met the new Envision infrastructure sustainability rating bar as an overall $8B upgrade copes with record summer volume.Read More
Bombardier-led JV Picked for Egypt’s First Monorail Project Two lines will cover 96 km, with 33 stations, for estimated cost of $4.5 billion Shem Oirere August 28, 2019 No Comments Egyptian contractors Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors will be responsible for the design and building of all infrastructure and civil works.Read More
Box-Jacking Operation Moves Rail Underpass in a Weekend Jeff Rubenstone August 28, 2019 5 Comments Innovative box-jacking method from an Italian engineering firm is deployed for the first time in the U.S. for LIRR's grade-crossing elimination project.Read More
Skender Pursues a Mission to Boost Its Modular Capabilities Jeff Yoders August 28, 2019 No Comments A Chicago firm transforms itself from a scrappy specialty contractor into a manufacturing design-builderRead More
Survey Says Contractors Still Can't Find Enough Craft Workers Jeff Yoders August 28, 2019 No Comments AGC-Autodesk report says 80% of contractors face shortage of skilled workers.Read More
Hudson River PCB Cleanup Lands Back in Court Mary B. Powers August 25, 2019 No Comments New York State sues to overturn EPA's April ruling that the $1.7B GE project is 'completed.'Read More
Energy Infrastructure Nebraska Court Ruling Backs Latest Keystone XL Pipeline Route Tom Ichniowski August 23, 2019 No Comments Decision upholds state commission's 2017 finding that routing is in the public interest.Read More
Environmental regulation 'Green' Groups File Suit Seeking to Block Trump Endangered-Species Rules Tom Ichniowski August 21, 2019 No Comments Update: Rules published in Federal Register on Aug. 27, slated to take effect Sept. 26.Read More
Water Infrastructure EPA Clears $640M in WIFIA Loans for $1.3B Oregon Water Project Tom Ichniowski August 21, 2019 No Comments Action marks first time EPA has approved more than one WIFIA loan for a single project.Read More
Costs Studies Probe the Causes of Rising Road Construction Pricetags Scott Van Voorhis August 21, 2019 One Comment Are rising family incomes, plus demand for and control of projects, part of a simple explanation?Read More