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Widening the Sam Houston Tollway will require new twin bridges across the Houston Ship Channel.

In 2007, reports started filling newspapers and websites about the poor treatment of wounded veterans in aging federal hospitals, including those being built and run by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

An unusual approach to a complex change to the building’s structural system is enabling a comprehensive transformation

The family-owned firm in Jacksonville, Fla., is expanding its footprint and, company officials hope, growing its reputation

Construction activity remains brisk across the Southeast, but several factors could cause a slowdown, contractors say

A federal judge on June 7 granted a preliminary injunction preventing the Dept. of Energy from enacting a stop work order that would have cancelled construction of the over-budget, behind-schedule MOX project at Savannah River Site. 

As hurricane season begins, Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida lack resilient systems and remain as vulnerable as they were before last year’s storms

Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is one step closer to readiness for NASA’s new Space Launch System (SLS), as J.P. Donovan, Rockledge, Fla., wraps up major construction on the main flame deflector for the pad’s upgraded flame trench.

Crews are working to complete emergency repairs to a section of Interstate 69, just south of Kingwood, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters shifted the depth and alignment of the San Jacinto River, causing scouring and stability problems around the bridge’s foundations.

Completion in sight on a $2.4B reconstruction to improve mobility in one of the region’s most congested corridors.