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Court orders Michels Canada Co. fine for guilty pleas to two federal charges of environmental law violations in contaminating British Columbia waterways during horizontal directional drilling in 2017.

The Federal Transit Administration says there are still more than 900 U.S. public transit stations that are not fully accessible.

Fatal construction accidents were down about 2% overall in 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports, but some types of construction accidents saw worrying increases.

Senate Democrat's last-ditch effort for modest reform on 'priority' projects and advancing the Mountain Valley gas pipeline falls flat.

Dominion's 2.6-GW project off Virginia Beach and Orsted's 1-GW Sunrise Wind project off Long Island gain initial federal environmental reviews—with a key state green light also granted to the former—as onshore port hubs struggle to keep pace to support developing construction needs. 

The formal challenge takes issue with a December 2021 guidance document from FHWA on how states might use the billions of federal highway formula dollars provided by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Update: Biden signs one-week stopgap to keep government operating while lawmakers hammer out an omnibus package. 

Lawrence Livermore National Lab team successfully produced more nuclear fusion energy than it took to start the reaction using lasers, U.S. Energy Dept. officials said Dec. 13, with more private and academic competition underway to shorten timeframes to commercialize power generation.

Barton Malow has been building the projects for Ultium Cells, the joint venture of General Motors and LG Energy Solution. 

Two TIFIA loans are expected to help Virginia finance its $2.7-billion program to modernize its stretch of Interstate 81.