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"For construction, the outlook worsens for virtually every sector,” says economist Ed Sullivan.

The U.S. transportation secretary testified at a Senate committee hearing as lawmakers begin developing a surface transportation reauthorization bill.

The firm is already at work on a project to add 990MW of clean energy and 700MW of battery storage to its grid.

Judge rejects lawsuit by NYC plumbers' union, contractor groups against Local Law 154, ruling ordinance is not an outright ban of natural gas.

Pestrella has spent his entire 38-year career at LA County Public Works, making his way up from field hydrologist to director.

Port infrastructure receives the highest grade, stormwater and transit the lowest as report authors say continued federal, state and local funding is necessary to continue improving the country's infrastructure. 

State agencies, manufacturers, utilities and others are ramping heat pump adoption efforts, while a Washington state judge on March 21 revoked a passed ballot measure that aimed to retain natural gas use in the state building code.

But House committee members voiced strong support to keep agency in tact, saying a federal role in disaster response is vital, even as they called for changes in approach.

The MTA selected the joint venture over two other teams that submitted proposals for the work on the Second Avenue subway extension.

State DOT said some lanes won't reopen for weeks after three large voids emerged on heavily traveled highway link, as agency awaits word on federal assistance.