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Transportation

MassDOT to Rebid $750M Contract for Statewide Highway Service Plaza Program

The contract's scope includes the rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of 18 Massachusetts' service plazas

Justin Rice

October 16, 2025

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The contract scope includes the rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of 18 Massachusetts service plazas.

Vermont Dam Removal Program Reclaims Floodplain

Crews removed a century-old West Rutland, Vt. dam to prevent flooding

Johanna Knapschaefer

October 16, 2025

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Following a week of tree and vegetation clearing, crews of four to seven workers recently finished demolishing concrete at the top of a large century-old dam in West Rutland, Vt.

Manufacturing

LEGO Group's First US Manufacturing Campus Reaches Construction Milestone

Danish toymaker says production at its Virginia facility is on track to begin in 2027, two years later than announced at 2023 groundbreaking

Jim Parsons

October 14, 2025

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Danish toymaker advances 1.7-million-sq-ft manufacturing campus in Virginia after earlier delays.

Transportation

More Amtrak Rail Yard Modernizations Underway

Jim Parsons

October 11, 2025

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Amtrak continues to prepare for more riders and more modern train technology.

Partial Collapse of NYC Apartment Building Possibly Triggered by Boiler

Leslie Nemo

October 2, 2025

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A corner of a New York City Housing Authority apartment building collapsed Wednesday morning, following a likely explosion in the 1960s-era building's boiler system.

Crews work on the Hudson Tunnel Project in New York's Hudson Yards

Federal Funding

Feds Freeze $18B for NYC Subway, Hudson Tunnel Projects

James Leggate

Debra K. Rubin

October 1, 2025

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U.S. Dept. of Transportation issued new DBE rule without comment and announced review of New York DBE practices.

4,700-ton variable density tunnel boring machine

TBM Finishes Work on Major Virginia Bridge-Tunnel Expansion

Paralleling a pair of existing two-lane tunnels, the new tubes are part of Virginia DOT’s largest-ever highway construction project

Jim Parsons

September 30, 2025

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The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel in Virginia reached another milestone.

Picture of Erik Verboon, senior principal at Walter P Moore, wearing a dark suit jacket and white shirt.

Obituary: 1979–2025

Erik Verboon, 46, Walter P Moore Senior Principal, Left Big Legacy in Too Short Life

Facade engineer and director of its Enclosure Engineering practice, died "unexpectedly" last month. No cause of death was disclosed

Bryan Gottlieb

September 30, 2025

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Architect-engineer had co-led the firm’s New York City office and advanced enclosure design on projects from New Orleans Airport to Allianz Field stadium in St. Paul, Minn.