Public work continues to spur growth in the construction industry in the second quarter as contractors wait for interest rates to decline in the second half of the year.
The west abutment of a dam near Mankato, Minn., was washed away, as was a portion of a railroad bridge between Sioux City, Iowa, and North Sioux City, S.D.
The telescope, part of the next generation of telescopes now under construction or development, will be one of the largest optical telescopes ever built when completed.