An AGC survey held in July and August found 81% of contractors are using higher pay and other incentives to attract skilled workers to fill open positions that 88% of them reported they were having a hard time filling.

The total is a record amount for FHWA's annual August funding redistribution.

The South Concourse Evolution project would add seismic support and modernize the busy international terminal.

Federal grants and loans under new infrastructure funding laws will favor applicants with strategies to retain and attract skilled workers for “high-quality jobs," a move observers say is timed with escalating auto industry labor battles.  

The trade dispute has gone on for many years, with the latest move spurred by the U.S. revising the duty on Canadian softwood lumber in July.

Rebuilding the walls, which date to the late 1800s and early 1900s, would better protect areas along the Potomac River and Tidal Basin against water-level rise and storm surge.

While the number of construction jobs increased in August, so did the industry's jobless rate compared to July and year-earlier levels.

Research has raised concerns about reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete panels manufactured between the 1950s and 1970s.

Idalia's path of flooding through the Southeast has utilities working to restore power and communities working to clear roads as the waters recede.

ACEC business survey sees brightest picture for roads and bridges and water/wastewater sectors.