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Since the 2021 passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, states have been prepping middle-mile broadband construction projects to help numerous communities with poor or little internet access get connected into expanding national and regional broadband networks.

The Biden administration requires project labor agreements on projects of $35 million or higher.

The Federal Highway Administration is accepting applications for grants to support bridge projects valued at $100 million or less.

This is the second round of funding from $1 billion made available through the Inflation Reduction Act.

OSHA also recommends the use of safety helmets on construction sites, but has not mandated the change. 

Congress clears legislation that includes many initiatives that construction and engineering groups support. 

The state funds are earmarked for construction at the Albany NanoTech Complex and purchase of advanced equipment for semiconductor chip research and development.

Communities across the nation vied for second round of grants to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety.

Left in place is a lower court ruling that the state law is unconstitutional because it bars outside developers of federally approved regional transmission lines, which were termed “classic instruments of interstate commerce.”

Traditional contractor-owner relationships “are being rocked” by decision in long-running case related to death of pedestrian struck by road grader on municipal project, says industry group.