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Portland faces a 2027 federal deadline to complete Bull Run Filtration Project in East Multnomah County, with environmental impact issues disputed.

Both documented and undocumented workers are being swept up as raids escalate across construction, as others avoid jobsites to stay out of ICE crosshairs.

U.K.-based energy and industrial services firm extends deadline for a firm offer from UAE-based Sidara or an end to discussions, as an audit of its accounting and corporate governance moves toward completion.

A U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration panel is holding a multiday virtual public hearing on its proposed workplace heat injury and illness prevention standard through July 2.

AEC leaders at the ENR Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference in San Diego vowed that diverse teams would deliver complex projects and bottom-line returns with determined effort—despite rising anti-DEI rhetoric and enforcement threats from the Trump administration.

ENR’s Construction Industry Confidence Index fell 14 points between Q1 and Q2, to a rating of 47. That marks the third largest drop in the history of the index.

Meeting the challenge of growing facility demand with public funds threatened and the persistent problem of PFAS contamination were key focuses of the American Water Works Association annual meeting.

White House Office of Management and Budget directs federal agencies to continue using project labor agreements on construction projects but broadens allowable exceptions.

U.S. Dept. of Transportation staff finalized another 529 grant agreements from the “backlog” of 3,200 awards that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said had not been signed by the start of the Trump administration.

Both design firms see tremendous growth in U.S. and global aviation markets, with more work available than either firm could tackle alone.