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The congressionally requested report showed that half of the state DOTs spent at least 60% of their total engineering and design-related costs for such highway projects on outside engineering consultants.

Water and electric utility Turlock Irrigation District was awarded a $20-million state grant to test the water- and energy-saving concept on two locations in its canal systems.

A $1.4-billion modernization at Pittsburgh International Airport is currently on target to meet its hiring goal for minority and women-owned business enterprise participation.

Italian engineers had to assess the tunnel's condition after lying idle for five years in a potentially hazardous environment.

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.

The top five states to receive DOT transit funding—N.Y., Calif., Ill., N.J., Texas—will get more than a quarter of the total amount. 

Construction on the $2.3-billion Green Line extension is clanging towards its final stop.

Final U.S. Transportation Dept. regulation aims to cut risks in lines that carry natural gas, carbon dioxide and other hazardous liquids.