Mid Atlantic Construction News

Virginia Tech Construction Innovation Center Fosters Student Involvement in Research

Virginia Tech has added a new innovation lab to the Myers-Lawson School of Construction.

US DOT Names Winners for $3.4B in Rail, Port, Low-Carbon Material Grants

Infrastructure Act

The Biden administration is pushing to award grants and move funds to projects funded by signature infrastructure and climate measures before President-elect Donald Trump takes over.

Contractor Not Faulted in Fatal Work Zone Crash, Says NTSB Report

Jim Parsons

Final agency probe analysis cites speed of vehicles on highway in deaths of six workers

Driver of speeding car that killed six workers is set for court trial in November.

Long Duration Battery Storage Developer Hits Milestones on Projects, Fund-Raising

Johanna Knapschaefer and Debra K. Rubin

Form Energy will expand its just completed scaled-up iron-air system factory in West Virginia, also announcing $1.2 billion in firm investments and plans to deploy batteries at commercial scale, with Mortenson as contractor for the first project in Minnesota.

DC Attorney General Sues Contractor Fort Myer Construction Co. Over Stormwater Pollution

Justin Rice

Legal

Firm contests the allegations and will defend charges in court

The D.C., district attorney assets the firm illegally allowed contaminated runoff from an equipment storage yard into the Washington, D.C., stormwater system, but Fort Myer Construction plans to contest the charges in court.