The congressionally requested report showed that half of the state DOTs spent at least 60% of their total engineering and design-related costs for such highway projects on outside engineering consultants.

A $1.4-billion modernization at Pittsburgh International Airport is currently on target to meet its hiring goal for minority and women-owned business enterprise participation.

More than 300 concrete delivery drivers and support staff returned to work on April 11, ending walkout that lasted nearly five months and impacted major projects.

Unions cite efforts in passing infrastructure spending law and new federal mandates on project labor agreements.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has engineers feeling optimistic about their firms and the sector, even if they’re less sure about the economy as a whole. 

Industry employment tops pre-pandemic peak for the first time, BLS says.

Massachusetts officials are bracing for a lengthy recovery process following the partial collapse of a parking garage that killed one worker.

With first-quarter construction starts trending above 2021 activity, the industry’s need to attract and retain talent is on the rise as well.<