James Leggate

Officials say the Maryland facility will not follow "a standard design."

Proposed designations could mandate added preconstruction permitting for some types of projects.

The Associated Builders and Contractors Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.3 months in March, an increase of one-half month from a year earlier. 

The rule is designed to have an impact on energy use and operating costs of new and retrofitted federal buildings.

Prosecutors say Brian Kowert Sr., formerly of HBD Construction, engaged in fraud using front companies and falsified records.

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. 

Despite overall trend, the number of deaths increased by one, to 9 in 2021, and all construction-related injuries rose by three, to 505.

Grants are set to help fund public school projects that reduce energy costs, such as improvements to lighting and HVAC systems.

U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report concludes that greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2025 to hit goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C, or 2.7°F.

Ukraine invasion may have long-lasting impacts on materials and other aspects of project work, construction economist Anirban Basu told an owners' group on April 1.