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Construction March Jobless Rate Falls but Industry Loses 15,000 Jobs

Specialty trade contractors lost 16,200 positions, heavy-civil sector down by 3,600, BLS reports.

Infrastructure Plan May Take Shape in Multiple Bills

Now that a 2018 spending bill with a $21-billion hike for infrastructure programs is on the books, it looks like further public-works leg...

Civic Groups Drop Lawsuit Against Brooklyn Condo Project

A civic group has dropped its legal challenge to two condominium towers currently under construction at Brooklyn’s Pier Six develop...

McCarthy Steps in on MoPac Toll Road Project in Austin, Texas

McCarthy Building Cos. will put finishing touches on Austin’s MoPac Boulevard toll project after the Central Texas Regional Mobilit...

Chicago City Council Approves $8.5B O'Hare Airport Upgrade

The Chicago City Council approved an $8.5-billion upgrade of O’Hare International Airport March 27, paid for entirely by anchor air...

Immersed-Tube Tunnel Guru Walter Grantz, 88, Dies

Second-gen megabuilder engineered Chesapeake Bay, Bosphorus tubes

CEOs Change at Sweden Designer, Maryland Rail P3

Asa Bergman is highest ranking of Sweco's growing women managers' group; Fred Craig leads Purple Line Transit Partners, largest U.S. P3

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Construction methods

ENR Selects Innovation Champion Ron Klemencic as 2018 Award of Excellence Winner

Nadine M. Post

Structural innovator calls on industry leaders to create a funding collective for public-domain research to speed advancement in the built environment …

Water & Dams

Key Infrastructure Aide Gribbin to Leave White House Post

Tom Ichniowski

Gribbin's departure isn't expected to affect long odds of passing big infrastructure package this year. …

Construction technology

State DOTs' Aerial Drone Use Is on the Rise

Tom Ichniowski

More state transportation agencies are using aerial drones, and overall commercial use of the devices is expected to continue to climb, though not as dramatically as predicted in 2017, recent …

Environment

Gas Extraction, Earthquakes Prompt Dutch Introspection

Michael Dumiak

Hundreds of low-intensity earthquakes near the surface of a northern coastal region of the Netherlands have prompted the government to consider scaling back gas extraction, likely by several billion cubic …

Transportation

$205 Million Approved for Charles River Crossing in Boston

Johanna Knapschaefer

The Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation has approved a $205-million project to replace a timeworn steel-truss bridge along Boston’s historic Freedom Trail. …

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Power & Industrial

ITER Gaining Momentum From New Funding, New Confidence

Thomas F. Armistead

Funding for research in nuclear fusion was fully restored by Congress in the omnibus spending bill, reversing what supporters feared might be declining interest in the research. …