Highway Infrastructure FHWA Allocates $61B in IIJA Formula Highway, Bridge Funds Tom Ichniowski October 5, 2023 No Comments Texas, California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania receive largest federal-aid highway funding shares.Read More
Aviation Infrastructure No Major Turbulence for FAA Nominee Whitaker at Senate Hearing Whitaker's approval would end 18 months of acting administrators Tom Ichniowski October 4, 2023 No Comments Lawmakers praise former Federal Aviation Administration deputy's extensive aviation background.Read More
Construction Fatalities Fatal Orlando Mobile Crane Collapse Under Investigation Derek Lacey October 4, 2023 One Comment One worker was killed and another injured after a mobile crane working on a highway project toppled Oct. 3 near Orlando while placing concrete panels for a noise wall. Read More
Transit UK Cancels Large Piece of HS2 High-Speed Rail Project Peter Reina October 4, 2023 No Comments Plans now call for completion of only half of the 340-mile HS2 network launched 13 years ago.Read More
Airports Port of Seattle Approves $399M Budget for Sea-Tac Concourse Expansion James Leggate September 29, 2023 No Comments Turner Construction is GC/CM for the project, and The Miller Hull Partnership and Woods Bagot are the designers.Read More
Federal Spending US Government Shutdown Likely to Spare Some Infrastructure Programs Tom Ichniowski September 28, 2023 No Comments IIJA-funded programs that use advanced appropriations and are protected from cutbacks, but other programs may be affected.Read More
Infrastructure Funding France Eyes Toll Road Tax to Boost Transportation Spend Peter Reina September 28, 2023 No Comments Toll road operators are preparing to fight the proposed tax, which would raise an estimated $630 million in its first year.Read More
Sustainability New York State Issues Buy Clean Concrete Guidelines for State Projects The program takes a gradual approach to lowering embodied carbon in the material Nadine M. Post September 24, 2023 No Comments Rules are designed to reduce the sizable carbon footprint of the ubiquitous construction material.Read More
Transportation Funds Advance Chicago Transit Authority $3.6B Red Line Extension CTA gets green light from Federal Transit Agency to move the 5.6-mile rail project into design Annemarie Mannion Jeff Yoders September 21, 2023 No Comments Rail project moves into the design phase with $1.97 billion in grant funding from the Federal Transit AdministrationRead More
Transportation Infrastructure Buttigieg to House Committee: Infrastructure Act Funds Are Moving Along Tom Ichniowski September 21, 2023 No Comments Cost increases were a major concern of the Committee, as well as some still-unresolved details of Buy America provisions.Read More