Canada-based SNC Lavalin Group, the parent of Atkins, said the sale when completed will further speed the corporate transition to engineering and project management.

Proposed federal revisions have raised concerns among construction groups that say changes could lead to expensive delays on projects.

A two-year pause of work will have uncertain impacts on the supply chain, overall program costs and local communities, according to a new report.

While construction's jobless rate rose to 3.6% in June, economists noted that the industry had 396,000 job openings as of the end of May.

Collaboration will propel repairs to the Guajataca Dam, damaged by Hurricane Maria in 2017, which supplies drinking water to about 300,000 rssidents..

Energy efficiency work created more than half of the overall sector's new construction jobs, the agency says in new report.

The Federal Transit Administration OKed the NJ-NY crossing to advance to the engineering phase of its Capital Investment Grants program.

The two new predictive tools offer planning advice and are based on lean construction practices. 

With its Construction Labor Market Analyzer integrated into Procore's construction management platform, technology firm Construction Industry Resources aims to assist contractors in making accurate predictions of labor needs.