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A new economic report hints at shifting labor dynamics in Texas construction—but how much of the strain traces back to changing immigration patterns

Kiewit Corp. Chairman and former CEO Bruce Grewcock, a Mines alumnus, has pledged that the EPC giant would hire “every one of this program’s graduates.”

Tech firm’s long-promised upstate New York production complex just got a new clock—shifting timelines, funding flow and contractor calculus across the industry. 

 Why did the large engineering firm dismiss a young employee?

The federal government shutdown may be nearing an end after 41 days, but USDOT, EPA, and the Corps face weeks of delays as agencies reopen under tight funding limits by Jan. 30.

Federal transportation grants collided with a legal boundary few states anticipated and would have upended planned work and required them to enforce rules with “no bearing on transportation mobility or safety.”

Lisa Lea was charged with driving in excess of 120 mph along I-695 in 2023, resulting in a work zone crash that killed six people, but pleaded guilty to six counts of negligent vehicular manslaughter.

Second annual survey by contractor Clayco finds rising mental stress among industry workers.

A federal judge in California indicated that unions challenging the reductions-in-force are likely to succeed. 

A construction worker died after falling more than 50 ft at the Gateway Tunnel site in New York City.