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Skanska Lands $1.4 Billion Contract to Revamp Seattle's Portage Bay Bridge
The bridge rebuild is a key piece of WSDOT's $5.67 program to reconstruct the entire SR 502 corridor from I-405 in Bellevue to I-5 in Seattle
AtkinsRealis to Lead $3B Canada Green Hydrogen Project First Design
Quebec project is intended to produce 70,000 metric tons annually of green hydrogen to supply the province’s developing industrial decarbonization hub.
Biden Pledges Federal Support to Swiftly Rebuild Baltimore Bridge
Temporary channels are open for shipping, with reopening of the main channel slated for May.
Lessons from Logistics: Embrace Technology to Modernize Construction
Welcoming, artificial intelligence, construction robotics and the internet of things into our jobsites offers an opportunity for construction to modernize the way the logisitics sector already has.
Ft. Lauderdale Crane Incident Leaves Worker Dead, Three Others Injured
Work has stopped and OSHA is investigating after Jorge De La Torre, 27, was killed April 4 when a portion of a crane fell onto a Ft. Lauderdale bridge.
Aecon-led Team Picked for US Virgin Islands Airports P3
VIports Partners will renovate, maintain and operate Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas and Henry E. Rohlsen Airport on St. Croix under an agreement with the U.S. Virgin Islands Port Authority.
Construction Jobs Soar by 39,000 in March
The latest BLS report on the nation’s employment showed increases in all construction segments, paced by nonresidential specialty trade contractors.
ENR Midwest Names Terracon Company as 2024 Design Firm of the Year
US Supreme Court Upholds Panama Canal Owner in Dispute with Contractors
In long running $271.8-million dispute over concrete standards used in the waterway expansion's new locks, high court ruling goes against its builders group, but other claims are pending, including one against Panama itself.
FTA Parcels Out $20.5B in IIJA Formula Transit Funds
Population shifts and ridership trends increased some regions' transit funding but reduced others.
Army Names New Deputy Chief for Corps of Engineers, First Woman in the Role
Colloton will be first woman to serve as the Corps deputy chief and deputy commanding general.
EPA Awards $20B in Grants for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project Financing
The $27-billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund was created under 2022's Inflation Reduction Act.
Autodesk Investigating Its Accounting Practices, Delays Release of Annual Report
The construction software giant disclosed April 1 that it is conducting an internal investigation into its own accounting practices and filed for an extension to submit its 2023 annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange commission.
Outrage Erupts Over Claimed Watering Down of 2024 Model Energy Code
Decarbonization advocates rail against ICC for removing mandatory greenhouse-gas-reduction readiness provisions.
TVA Starts Procurement of $2.2B Gas Power Plant at Old Tenn. Coal Site
Tennessee Valley Authority will build new 1.5-GW gas-fired power plant in east Tennessee, announcing final decision April 2 to retire the 70-year-old Kingston coal-fired facility, despite EPA concerns.
Taiwan Earthquake Destroys at Least 28 Buildings, Causes Deadly Landslides
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake is the most severe to impact Taiwan in nearly 25 years.
Five Minutes With Aviation Pro Sabina Chaudhry
Female founder of American Infrastructure Development is marking its 15th anniversary.
Construction Economics for April 1, 2024
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
EPA Finalizes Heavy Truck Emissions Rule, Looks to Boost EVs by 2032
Contractors are already embracing electric equipment as well as hybrids and electric trucks, but the new EPA rule could spur manufacturers to push for even faster EV adoption.
First US Advanced Reactor at Scale Seeks Federal Construction Permit
Bechtel has EPC contract to build TerraPower's estimated $4B sodium cooled reactor at commercial scale at former coal power plant site in Wyoming.