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Firms in the Northeast and South reported the strongest backlogs.

The package includes trackway, a retaining wall, bridges and viaduct leading from the current Northeast Corridor to the future tunnel portal.

Mood at annual IMPACT conference in Orlando was upbeat as more than 1,200 union and signatory contractors members gathered. 

Nation's high court hears arguments in a case weighing the fate of storage facilities for nuclear spent-fuel built and operated by private firms. 

The construction industry saw an overall increase of 19,000 jobs in February, but its unemployment rate increased to 7.2% for the month.

The industry seemed to feel trouble coming, according to a recent risk survey.

Developer TerraPower and contractor Bechtel will work under union pact to build a proposed 345-MW sodium-cooled fast nuclear reactor in Wyoming.

The $1.1-billion Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement is still in design, but a $242-million federal grant is on hold after an executive order from President Donald Trump.

The power source is gaining ground from emerging technology, cost reduction, private investment and possible buy in from the new administration.

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