The really big win for the construction industry is to send all workers home safely every day. Safety Week 2015 is an excellent program every construction company can be part of that can help.  It was off to a good start last year, and it is ramping up to have even more widespread participation this year. On the week staring May 4, contractors across the U.S. will pledge time every day to special programming on safety.

The Engineering News-Record editorial team came home with four prestigious awards from American Business Media on March 27. ENR Deputy Editor Richard Korman won one of the group’s top honors, the Timothy White Award for editorial integrity.

Profiles of each to be putlished in May 11 edition of ENR Northwest. 

In the latest competition for the popular surface-transportation grants, U.S. DOT is going back to asking localities to submit pre-applications first.

Utility's innovative projects to be profiled in May 11 edition of ENR Northwest

Program recognizes the enduring contributions of industry professionals to their profession, their community and the built environment.

A listing of the largest projects to break ground in the region this year.

I was at a hearing before the Environment and Public Works Committee this week. It was supposed to be a routine budget hearing, but as is often the case with the new GOP majority, lawmakers turned a discussion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s fiscal 2016 budget into a debate on climate change.

Surety Liberty Mutual reached a settlement in December with the auditor for Ballenger Construction Co., the Texas contractor whose late 2012 bankruptcy left dozens of unfinished projects.

House chairman drafting bill but awaits tax committees' revenue plan. DOT chief warns of slowdown in highway-aid disbursements to states if a new bill isn't in place by May 31.