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A Senate vote on a short-term "patch" for the trust fund should come this week. But what about amendments, including one that pushes for a long-term transportation bill?

Design and construction groups commit to push for greater resiliency in buildings and other infrastructure.

As the Senate prepares to vote during the last week of July on a "patch" for the Highway Trust Fund, it first may take up four important amendments.

The commentary is more interesting than most of the statistical survey results of Arcadis' Global Construction Disputes 2014 report. Especially for what it says about design-build joint ventures.

At Senate confirmation hearing for DOT nominees, Topic A was fixing the trust fund.

While examining the pyramids of Egypt for a National Geographic documentary, structural engineer Steve Burrows uncovers a very unsettling condition.

The process of filling up with CNG or other gaseous fuels is not much different than liquid fuels, but it does take slightly longer. 

Sanders-McCain proposal unlikely to increase VA construction funds but will include a commission to improve the department's construction program.

A reporter's rough time at the San Antonio meeting still was productive.

Will P3s Require Surety Guarantees for Payments to Subs? If the large infrastructure future of North America is in P3s, as some suggest, will surety bonds provide performance and payment guarantees be part of that future and will they protect subcontractors? The final answer isn’t clear yet but banks