New Bureau of Labor Statistics report says union portion of the total private sector construction workforce declined last year to 11.7%, the lowest annual level in a decade, but building trades counter that data understates organized labor strength.

DA Alvin Bragg announced indictments of 24 people and 26 companies in an alleged construction bid-rigging and kickback scheme over a number of years.

Fabio Pires, 31, an electrical engineer and union operating mechanic died last year after sustaining severe burns, but the Massachusetts firm disputes agency conclusions in proposing total of five serious and willful violations against it.

AGC, ARTBA, ACEC, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other groups target the 2021 guidance document on how states should prioritize IIJA highway funding.

The $75-million Montgomery Whitewater project is set to complete in summer 2023, and developers see much more than kayakers in the Olympic-level waters.

Construction input prices fell in December at a greater rate than the Producer Price Index, but still outpaced the wholesale level marker of inflation for the year.

The U.S. Green Building Council ranked states based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita in 2022. 

Bid protest by losing firm SLSCO Ltd. was upheld by federal claims court judge, but Naval Facilities Engineering Command response to further contract execution remains unclear. 

A new monument to Martin Luther King, Jr. and wife Coretta Scott King was unveiled in Boston on Jan. 16. 

Design of four 'Cloudburst' projects now is out to bid by the city Dept. of Environmental Protection.