After a successful trial of a railcar-mounted robot to drill holes for tunnel cable racks, the MTA is putting together an open bidding process for vendors to further develop a robot drill rig for use in New York City’s subway tunnels.

New study says that union construction projects are similar in cost to non-union projects because higher union labor costs are offset by savings in other project components such as materials and safety, but critics point to prevailing wage laws that may have skewed its findings.

Comments are due Sept. 14 on the estimated $2B Syracuse viaduct project, which aims to resolve dislocation impacts to the city's Black community when the highway was built in 1968.

SOM will lead the design of the Olympic Village for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics taking place Feb. 6-22, 2026.