The contractor responsible for manufacturing defective concrete panels for the Silver Line Metro extension in northern Virginia was banned from bidding federal transportation projects for three years.

Group survey reports widespread project deferrals, halts and disruptions and few new awards, as pandemic economic damage drags down industry employment in metro areas.

Data from tech tools such as Procore, Smartvid.io and others are helping firms understand what's going on in state economies and work through the new restrictions. Some are even thriving.

The Maine Dept. of Transportation has ramped up work and spending in response to the coronavirus.

Contractors are relying even more heavily on prefabrication and modularization and communication technologies using A/R, V/R and cloud sharing.

Construction jobs also increase as stay-at-home orders loosen and states re-open construction. 

Contractors experienced less demand and approximately 13% of the construction workforce was laid off as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the US, the Associated General Contractors of America reported.

July's print edition of ENR New England will include the annual rankings of the region’s Top Contractors. 

Pennsylvania-based contractors scramble to close construction sites with enforcement set to start March 21 in effort to curb COVID-19.