Transportation Appropriators Press DOT's Chao to Fund Transit Projects Tom Ichniowski April 16, 2018 No Comments Appropriators zero in on transit capital grants, which got a 10% hike in the 2018 omnibus spending measure.Read More
HUD Awards $28 Billion in Disaster and Mitigation Funding Pam Radtke Russell April 11, 2018 No Comments Money includes $18 billion for Puerto Rico and an unprecedented $16 billion for mitigation projects in 11 states and territories.Read More
International Trade Construction Industry Braces for Tariff Consequences Alisa Zevin April 10, 2018 No Comments Construction companies are planning for the future in the face of current uncertainties.Read More
Obituary Open Shop Association Exec Dick Haas Dies at 81 Pam Hunter McFarland April 10, 2018 No Comments Former vice president of the Associated Builders and Contractors was an effective communicator for the nonunion construction movement.Read More
Fed. Agencies Set Two-Year Goal for Infrastructure Project Reviews Memorandum follows Trump's August executive order Tom Ichniowski April 9, 2018 No Comments DOT, EPA, Corps, other agencies sign memo calling for single federal approval for projects.Read More
Water and power China Exim Bank To Fund Souapiti Hydro Project in Guinea China International Water and Electric will build the $1.3-billion power plant Shem Oirere April 9, 2018 No Comments The 450-MW plant follows a smaller project that was completed six miles downstream on the Konkoure River in 2015.Read More
Government Canada Moves To Enact 'Deferred Prosecution' Legal Remedy Scott Van Voorhis April 9, 2018 No Comments First-time acceptance of the approach, used in the U.S. and U.K., would allow contractor SNC-Lavalin and other firms to settle criminal charges.Read More
Construction Workforce Construction March Jobless Rate Falls, but Industry Loses 15,000 Jobs March rate falls to 7.4% from year-earlier 8.4% Tom Ichniowski April 6, 2018 No Comments Specialty trade contractors lost 16,200 positions, heavy-civil sector down by 3,600, BLS reports.Read More
Infrastructure Plan May Take Shape in Multiple Bills Tom Ichniowski April 4, 2018 No Comments Now that a 2018 spending bill with a $21-billion hike for infrastructure programs is on the books, it looks like further public-works legislating will come in targeted bills, not a wide-ranging one.Read More
Civic Groups Drop Lawsuit Against Brooklyn Condo Project April 4, 2018 No Comments A civic group has dropped its legal challenge to two condominium towers currently under construction at Brooklyn’s Pier Six development.Read More