Following a V-shaped recovery in the third quarter of 2020, economic growth has slowed. Amid pandemic's third wave, vaccines bring hope for the second half of 2021.
State choice of two express toll lanes in each direction on I-495/I-270 project is faulted by key regional planning agency; P3 development team to be announced this month.
Engineering and architecture supported 4.5 million direct and indirect jobs and $311 billion in total company and supply chain wages, says American Council of Engineering Cos. in what it terms a first-of-its kind economic analysis.
French contractor Vinci Group reports 14% drop in domestic construction revenue last year, while Sweden-based Skanska AB says cost control drove margins up 2.5%
Judges reject halt to Enbridge oil pipe replacement while suits to stop the Canada-supported project are weighed and opponents seek Biden intervention; but new Keystone-XL project battle emerges
Disruptions to the U.S. construction market caused by the pandemic were significant, but have not fully derailed activity, according to a forecast from Portland Cement Association
Ontario 250MW facility, Canada's largest, could get federal infrastructure bank investment, while U.K. regulators approved record-size lithium-ion storage project in November.
While current seismic design codes address life safety issues, the report says stakeholders should also consider re-occupancy and functional recovery time, taking into account the potential impacts to a community as a whole.
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