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.
Federal grants and loans under new infrastructure funding laws will favor applicants with strategies to retain and attract skilled workers for “high-quality jobs," a move observers say is timed with escalating auto industry labor battles.
A high volume of transportation infrastructure work is keeping companies such as HNTB busy in Jacksonville, driven by an influx of new residents, says George Gilhooley, east Florida office leader for the infrastructure design firm.