Jacobs says planned spinoff continues of its Critical Mission Solutions business, which employs 16,000 of its 60,000 employees, but KBR said on Aug. 21 that a rumored purchase "does not align with ... its capital deployment and strategic priorities and thus is not being pursued.”

Firms will build planned 30,000-seat ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip for  Major League Baseball's Athletics, which is relocating from Oakland, Calif.

Nearly 20 years after beginning construction and $1.23 billion later, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Charleroi Lock and Dam in Monessen, Pa., is scheduled to be completed later this year. 

Construction and transportation officials say implementing the new requirements could pose problems.

High-voltage direct current undersea cable and added infrastructure will link the two countries' electrical grids, enabling a bidirectional power flow between Africa and Europe for the first time.

The charges result from an ongoing probe into anticompetitive conduct in the asphalt paving sector, officials say.

Tennessee Builders Alliance is slated to serve as construction manager-at-risk for the project to build a football stadium in Nashville.

A $283-million gas power plant being built near Billings may face added environmental scrutiny as state Supreme Court weighs Aug. 14 lower court ruling of state law barring greenhouse gas emission impact review as unconstitutional.

Report by transportation trade group ARTBA says the number of deficient bridges declined by 560, or 1.3%, over the past year.

Australian contractor Multiplex is set to build the 1,169-ft-tall STH BNK By Beulah in Melbourne.