Construction Workforce Construction Adds 20K Jobs in July, Growth Slows from May, June August 7, 2020 No Comments Residential building added 16,300 jobs and specialty trade contractors added11,200 but nonresidential building lost 9,300.Read More
Transit Maryland Agencies Ready to Take Over Troubled Light Rail P3 Project Jim Parsons August 6, 2020 No Comments State tells 171 project subs it will "step in" to manage work on $2B Purple Line as a public-private cost feud nears an Aug. 23 showdown.Read More
Water Infrastructure EPA Approves $235M WIFIA Loan for Miami-Dade County Tom Ichniowski August 6, 2020 No Comments The new loan is the third for the county in 16 months, totaling $661 million.Read More
Water Resources $250M Corps Dredging Project Will Deepen Lower Mississippi River Louise Poirier August 6, 2020 No Comments Plan calls for deepening the river from Baton Rouge to the Gulf to 50 ft., from 45 ft. now.Read More
Environmental Cleanup EPA Gives Utilities Until April 11 to Meet New Coal-Ash Storage Rules Mary B. Powers August 5, 2020 No Comments Agency extends compliance six months before waste is banned from disposal in unlined storage ponds.Read More
Infrastructure Trump Signs Bill Providing $9.5B for National Parks Infrastructure Tom Ichniowski August 4, 2020 No Comments Bill also establishes new parks and public lands fund to pay for infrastructure projects.Read More
Industry Reacts to Trump Ban on Visa Holders' Federal Contract Work Bruce Buckley August 4, 2020 One Comment Engineers' group says Aug. 3 order restricting H-1B holders on federal contracts doesn't square with country's practitioner shortage; TVA suspends outsourcing that triggered edict.Read More
High Court Won't Stop Border Wall Work While Diverted Fund Lawsuit Proceeds Mary B. Powers August 1, 2020 No Comments Majority allows construction until court decides merits of case against DOD budget raids next term; Justice Breyer wrote court dissent.Read More
Infrastructure Needs ASCE Highlights Construction-Ready Projects on New Map Group Asks Congress To Pass COVID-19 Infrastructure Package Pam Radtke Russell July 29, 2020 One Comment The projects could put unemployed workers back to work and help resolve a backlog of infrastructure projects, ASCE says.Read More
Water Infrastructure House Passes New Water Resources Development Bill Legislation authorizes about $9B for 38 Corps projects Tom Ichniowski July 29, 2020 One Comment Next step is in the Senate, where committee-approved water infrastructure bills are waiting for a floor vote.Read More