Construction Industry News

Thanks to Trust Fund, highway dollars are available, but a stopgap CR could put newly committed obligations at risk.

Jan. 31 is the last day to submit proposals to present at ENR’s annual FutureTech conference in June. After the submissions period ends the conference planning team will analyze the proposals for the emerging trends shaping the construction world in the years to come.

Measure gives localities flexibility in plans to comply with permits for sewer overflows, wastewater discharges.

An eleventh hour intervention by N.Y. Gov. Cuomo may avoid a service shutdown for an NYC subway tunnel repair job, but the abrupt change in project scope is facing some pushback.

San Francisco is seeking input from technical experts on its landmark tall-buildings seismic safety study. Suggestions from seismic design professionals, especially about code reform, will help inform the city’s path forward.

To grease the wheels of mass timber building construction in the state, the California Government Operations Agency is holding a developer-design competition for commercial and multifamily mass-timber building projects.

With floors 10 and 11 of Seattle’s 58-story Rainier Square Tower under construction concurrently, crews from the Erection Co. are meeting or exceeding speed predictions for the radical composite steel frame’s steel erection, core welding and core concrete casting.

Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker Nucor wants to build a $1.35-billion steel plate mill somewhere in the Midwest.

Lack of FTA personnel on the job hampers needed approvals.

Crews have turned over four more Vit Plant buildings at the Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeast Washington to startup testing.

On Jan. 10, the Transbay Joint Powers Authority announced that procurement has begun for the repair of the two fractured bottom flanges of the twin parallel girders that span 80 ft across Fremont Street in the 4.5-block-long Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco.

This year’s class of young leaders represents a diverse group with a wide range of skill sets and leadership skills

Updates About Construction Professionals

 Astute leaders. Risk takers. Clever problem solvers. Passionate community servants. The 2018 class of ENR Newsmakers embodies qualities that enable members to improve the construction industry and benefit the public.

The son of a pioneer bush pilot in Alaska, structural engineer John Aho spent decades working toward earthquake preparedness.