Residential and non-residential U.S. workloads fell in Q2, says RICS report, but infrastructure and public works activity rose.

Electrical contractor faces exposure in its energy-sector investments.

State tells 171 project subs it will "step in" to manage work on $2B Purple Line as a public-private cost feud nears an Aug. 23 showdown.

Plan calls for deepening the river from Baton Rouge to the Gulf to 50 ft., from 45 ft. now.