Shutdown enabled drilling for controversial planned new link to Jerusalem's Western Wall.

Crews were able to complete the work at Amazon’s $2.5-billion HQ2 project in Arlington, Va., in one month.

For engineering and construction groups, new federal guidance for forgivable loans less than $2 million under the Paycheck Protection Program was welcome news. 

Contractors, architects and engineers in Boston and across Massachusetts are heading back to work amid the launch of a phased construction reopening.