Coronavirus and Construction PennDOT Unfreezes 60 Critical Highway, Bridge Projects Tom Ichniowski April 2, 2020 No Comments Restarted projects total about $1 billion and equal about 8% of PennDOT projects suspended by governor's overall construction pause.Read More
Construction Spending, Commodity Prices Continue to Fall Amid Global Crisis Alisa Zevin April 2, 2020 No Comments The U.S. Census Bureau reports that both public and private construction declined in February.Read More
EPA Aims to Allow Some Project Work Without Clean-Air Permits Pam McFarland April 2, 2020 No Comments New Source Review new guidance would let construction start on non-pollutant emitting parts of facilities, but not all states may follow it.Read More
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Repairs Finish a Year Early Jim Parsons April 2, 2020 No Comments Good weather and lighter traffic due to COVID-19 propelled completion of work on the key Maryland span.Read More
Alberta Pumps in $1.1B To Start Work on Stalled Keystone XL Pipeline Jim Parsons April 1, 2020 No Comments Long controversial project will follow COVID-19 work rules, says CEO; other Canada mega-line Trans Mountain, also has new virus protections.Read More
Construction and Coronavirus Trump, Democrats Talk Up Big Infrastructure Plans Tom Ichniowski April 1, 2020 No Comments Both sides eye a further coronavirus-response bill as a vehicle for infrastructure proposals.Read More
Jacobs Executive Jumps to Jensen Hughes as COO April 1, 2020 No Comments Noted Boston-based CM educator Mark Hasso dies of cancer at 73Read More
Newark Speeds $120M Lead Water Line Replacement Tom Stabile April 1, 2020 No Comments NJ city's 30-month effort to pull 18,000 tainted pipes is halfway complete, officials say.Read More
Safety Michigan Deal Pushes Transportation Projects, Extends Schedules for Shuttered Jobs Contractors will get completion date extensions if road projects are delayed due to COVID-19 Jeff Yoders April 1, 2020 No Comments Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will allow COVID-19 halted projects extra time to finish without being responsible for liquidated damages.Read More
Trump Endorses $2T Public Works Program April 1, 2020 No Comments President Donald Trump says he backs legislation to launch a mammoth infrastructure investment program, in a follow-up bill to the new Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (see p. 8).Read More
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