Highway Infrastructure State DOTs Receive Extra $4B from FHWA Unspent 2019 Balances Tom Ichniowski September 6, 2019 One Comment Annual "August redistribution" of obligation authority due mainly to slow TIFIA loan, INFRA grant spending.Read More
Odebrecht and Financier Settle on Project Bribes Debra K. Rubin September 5, 2019 One Comment Brazil builder, in bankruptcy, to donate $50M to fix communities but faces limited bid debarment in Latin America bank pact.Read More
Policy Brexit Uncertainty Dampens UK Construction Market Orders fall to lowest level in a decade Peter Reina September 4, 2019 No Comments New orders have dropped every month since April at the fastest rate since March 2009.Read More
Environment New Loan Fast-Forwards Newark’s Lead Water Pipe Replacement $120-mil. loan will compress 10 years' work into 30 months, officials say Jim Parsons September 3, 2019 No Comments Elevated lead levels were discovered in drinking water samples in early 2017. Newark’s system provides approximately 80 million gallons per day to more than 300,000 customers.Read More
Transportation Revised Gateway Tunnel Proposal Pares Price Port Authority plan shaves estimate by 13%, to $9.5 billion Jim Parsons September 3, 2019 One Comment Advancing the design to the 30% stage for federal agency review opens the door to using design-build.Read More
Transportation UK High-Speed Rail Project Cost Rises 40%, Before Work Begins Budget projected to hit $106 billion, with completion pushed out 2-5 years Peter Reina September 3, 2019 No Comments Budget now could hit $106 billion, but work continues until a government ordered review concludes; insufficient study of ground conditions is cited.Read More
Dorian Hits Bahamas, Expected to Threaten Southeast Coast Pam Radtke Russell August 30, 2019 No Comments The category 5 storm had winds of 185 mph and gusts of up to 200 mph as it crossed the Abaco Islands on Sunday.Read More
Construction Workforce More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule Tom Ichniowski August 30, 2019 One Comment Building trades back, and ABC opposes, construction exemption from proposed new apprenticeship program.Read More
WSP Boosts Growth With Planned $65M Buy of US Engineer Debra K. Rubin August 30, 2019 No Comments Canadian giant says the deal for Ecology & Environment Inc. would expand its environmental services niche and U.S. public sector market. Read More
Whiting-Turner Worker Killed at Disneyland Resort Jobsite Erica Berardi August 29, 2019 No Comments An 37-year-old employee of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. died on site Thursday after a fatal accident at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif.Read More