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Former CFO Catherine Hunt Ryan will run unit, with target construction markets that include semiconductors, electric vehicles and data centers.

White House infrastructure implementation coordinator Mitch Landrieu says IIJA has $14.6 billion in "rural-specific programs."

More than 300 concrete delivery drivers and support staff returned to work on April 11, ending walkout that lasted nearly five months and impacted major projects.

With an unprecedented amount of federal aid anticipated for highway, bridge and transit projects, the transportation industry is also starting to move further toward progressive design-build.

Unions cite efforts in passing infrastructure spending law and new federal mandates on project labor agreements.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has engineers feeling optimistic about their firms and the sector, even if they’re less sure about the economy as a whole. 

Grants are set to help fund public school projects that reduce energy costs, such as improvements to lighting and HVAC systems.

Ukraine invasion may have long-lasting impacts on materials and other aspects of project work, construction economist Anirban Basu told an owners' group on April 1.

Corps, BuRec funds go for port, inland waterways, flood protection and rural projects to improve freight flow, provide climate change resilience and help disadvantaged communities.

Long path ahead before Congress sets final spending levels for fiscal 2023.