Hempcrete blocks and panels could be produced in the U.S. for the first time since 1937 thanks to a facility being built in the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota. 

Top grant of $1B goes to a replacement bridge project linking Duluth, Minn., to Superior, Wis.

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The funds cover expenses incurred for highway and bridge repairs and other costs after hurricanes, floods and other disasters in recent years.

Project owner Electricité de France now expects to complete the project between 2029 and 2031 and estimates its cost at between $39 billion and $43 billion.

Global construction volume will grow by 1.2% this year and by 3% annual average over the rest of the decade, forecasts London-based Global Construction Perspectives in a report released Jan. 23.

Private-equity bonds would boost 218-mile Brightline West project that is expected to break ground early next year.

Work on the remaining parts of the Golden Gate Bridge Physical Suicide Deterrent and Wind Retrofit project is expected to complete in 2027.