Environmental advocates are holding out hope that 150 world leaders and 40,000 delegates at climate talks—held in Paris on Nov. 30- Dec. 11—can reach a binding agreement to hold average global temperatures to an increase of less than 2° C, the level scientists say is necessary to prevent irreversible changes to the earth’s ecosystems.

States’ fiscal year 2015 expenditures on capital projects, including construction, rose 3%, to an estimated $98.2 billion, the National Association of State Budget Officers has reported.

Two construction workers at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass LNG expansion project were killed in separate accidents in less than a month.

In November, the U.S. Resiliency Council launched its voluntary rating system for a building’s expected performance in an earthquake.

Four engineering and construction consortiums have submitted technical proposals for the new $2.16-billion Purple Line light-rail project, which will span Washington, D.C.’s northern suburbs in Maryland.

How bidders are chosen for billions in future Canadian public projects faced overhaul even before the Nov. 24 Charbonneau report release.

Value of completed projects rose 1% from September and climbed 13% year over year, Commerce Dept. says.