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The groundbreaking of three megaprojects in the Empire State in 2022 has given a big boost to the value of new construction contracts in the New York and New Jersey region—especially when compared with totals during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown years.

The project to meet requirements of a consent decree will cost $100 million to $150 million, officials estimate.

Share of city agency awards to minority- and women-owned business enterprises lags behind city goals, says the NYC comptroller’s office.

A $250-million makeover of the landmark garden near Wilmington, Del., which will add a conservatory with geothermal and other sustainable systems, is the most ambitious development of a 40-year grand plan.

When crews with Kokosing Construction Co. began a $209-million design-build contract—the largest of its kind in West Virginia—in 2015, they first had to build roads in order to build the actual road called Corridor H.

Building inspectors issued a stop work order at a mid-block construction site in Manhattan and ordered the evacuation of a nearby building with signs of damage.

Maintenance and repair work is planned for two spans linked to mainland Massachusetts while designs for their estimated $4-billion replacements move forward.

Agency deputy Julie Su, also a former California labor agency chief, will succeed the former Boston mayor, who is set to be executive director of the National Hockey League Players’ Association.

A Turner Construction Co-E.E. Cruz & Co. Inc. joint venture, with Arcadis, Bjarke Ingels Group, Scape Landscape Architecture and WSP won the contract.