Articles by Johanna Knapschaefer

Historic concrete and steel twin leaf bascule bridge is the only vehicular moveable bridge in Vermont.

Cianbro named New England Top Contractor of the Year.

US Occupational Safety and Health Administration continues to investigate building that partially collapsed on June 2 at construction site, injuring eight workers who fell two stories

Workers were rescued from a partially collapsed building in New Haven, Conn., on June 2, including two critically injured workers. 

The utility-scale projects—the 800-MW, estimated $3-billion Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts and the 132-MW, estimated $637-million South Fork project off New York—could begin to generate power this year, their developers say.

Massachusetts energy storage company Form Energy will start foundation work in June on the previously announced $760-million manufacturing factory on a former steel mill site.

There is a growing recognition that aside from fall risks, another invisible construction jobsite danger is mental health disorders.

Tutor Perini Corp. contract is to construct a new jail in Brooklyn, one of four new facilities intended to replace crisis-ridden Rikers Island.

The actions, which took place during National Recovery Month, seek to propel the unionized construction industry to fight substance use disorder and help find ways for workers to improve their mental health.

The deadline to submit Top Contractor surveys is May 29.