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Early House figures show an increase highway funding, tracking MAP-21 levels, but TIGER grants zeroed out.

NYC's Building Resiliency TaskForce has 33 climate adaptation proposals that echo almost every other report issued since Superstorm Sandy. The code-change recommendations apply mostly to new buildings and major renovations, making existing buildings (and their occupants) like sitting ducks.

KONE has introduced an elevator system that uses ultra-lite cables, with a carbon-fiber core, that the lift maker says will enable future travel heights of 1 kilometer, which is twice the distance currently possible.

House hearing zeroes in on what can be a decade-long process that culminates in Corps of Engineers' "Chief's reports" to Congress.

On June 10, elevator maker KONE will introduce a new vertical transportation system for supertall towers that it promises will revolutionize the future of building design and urban living.

Textura's $56-million IPO illustrates the expanding role of information technology in the construction business.

Charlotte, N.C., mayor fares well in in his confirmation hearing before a  Senate committee.

Half of sureties see market conditions softening later in 2013 but only 20% of surety brokers surveyed by the National Association of Surety Bond Producers agreed that it would happen.

I caught up with Steve Tenney, the chief financial officer of  Story Construction, the general contractor and construction manager based in Ames, Iowa,  at the National Association of Surety Bond Producers convention in San Francisco. We stalked about risks of subcontractor defaults.

For 20 euros, you can get strapped into a hang glider shackled to the hook of a tower crane.