Articles by Derek Lacey

Emergency bridge and highway repair contracts are in place as Tennessee and North Carolina recover from Hurricane Helene.

Contracts have been awarded for emergency interstate repairs and to reconnect Asheville, N.C.'s largest water treatment plant.

Communities across the Southeast are frantically working to restore water service, which in some cases is still weeks away.

State transportation agencies take stock of damage and prepare to award contracts to repair and rebuild highways and bridges hard hit by Hurricane Helene.

State transportation agencies in North Carolina and Tennessee are still assessing damage from the storm, forecasting a months-long effort to repair hard-hit critical arteries such as Interstate-40. 

Considerable damage is seen in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina after the Category 4 hurricane swept up from the Gulf of Mexico, as communities take stock and emergency workers assess dams, bridges and other critical infrastructure.

The draft report originally planned for a May 2025 release is now expected to be released roughly a year later, in spring 2026.

Grab the October edition of ENR Southeast to see which project takes home the top honor, and to learn more about all the winning projects. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects the new, larger lock to be operational in 2027.

Sundt has broken ground on the Kimley Horn-designed Ocotillo Bridge and Road Extension project for Gilbert, Ariz.