Industry praises combination of tax "extenders" and $1.1 trillion in spending, including huge increases for GSA, VA construction and solid hikes for DOT, DOD programs.
Dodge Data & Analytics says last month's projected new-project volume fell 5% from October's rate but January-November total climbed 8% from the year-earlier period.
A new report from an environmental advocacy group criticizes the slow pace of environmental cleanups under the chronically underfunded Superfund program, which turned 35 on Dec. 11.
Fast Fix 8, the $62-million project to replace eight Interstate 40 bridges in Nashville during weekend highway shutdowns, finished on Dec. 4, seven months early, which the state credits in part to its first use of construction manager-general contractor project delivery.
A top U.S. engineer has called for building codes to include limits on carbon dioxide released by the production of construction materials to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.