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Largest-yet deployment of startup firm's autonomous excavators helps with operator shortage on 130-acre manufacturing site.

Officials of Mississippi River cities and towns say their bridges need to be assessed after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. 

Shawn Wilson plans to step down March 4, fueling speculation of a bid to become governor in election this year.

Despite market volatility, Amarillo-based MH Civil Constructors saw a 38% increase in regional revenue last year over 2020, thanks to a solid backlog and focusing on listening to suppliers, subcontractors, engineers and owners to make schedules, scopes and budgets work. 

Southern University in Baton Rouge — a historically Black university in Louisiana — is undergoing multiple construction projects totaling $35 million to fix and prevent further structural damage to the university’s campus due to erosion caused by the Mississippi River.

The Texas Dept. of Transportation will spend a record $85 billion on highway construction over the next ten years under the state’s 2023 Unified Transportation Plan.

Construction will wrap at the end of September on a $35-million renovation and expansion of Second Line Stages, a film and TV production facility in the heart of New Orleans, and those involved say effective communication and collaboration played an important role in the speed of this design-build project.

The new plan will completely reorganize flood-control planning into 15 districts organized by the state's major river basins.

ENR Texas & Louisiana’s Legacy Award winner buckles up his boots and life jacket for work on the Gulf Coast.

Wendy Lopez founded a design firm of one that grew to 200, and went on to lead more than 1,300 employees as an AECOM executive