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Set to take effect in 2021, the law will require sea-level impact projection studies for state-funded projects.

As bars, restaurants and holiday get-togethers return and positive tests multiply, contractors face new challenges

Cooling tank essential for expanded plant’s safety

St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. has been selected to be the construction manager for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's new High Containment Continuity Laboratory at its Roybal Campus in Atlanta.

More than six months after design work was halted on its signature cable-stayed main spans, construction of the new Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi, Texas, has pressed ahead, even as uncertainties shroud its ultimate cost and completion schedule.

Going into 2020, Southeast contractors were expecting another solid year. Then the coronavirus pandemic turned expectations upside down.

The Mercedes-Benz Superdome renovation is the latest stadium construction project to experience a surge of COVID-19 cases, as 32 of the project's more than 275 workers have tested positive for the virus, stadium officials confirmed this week.

Trial in suit alleging structural design errors in New Orleans hotel-conference center was delayed after judge dismissed an engineer's claim to be exempted from case.