A mild 2023 winter has helped work advance on a $49-million effort to repair a subway bridge and communications network that link the Rockaways section of Queens to the rest of New York City—a fitting contrast to the brutal Superstorm Sandy surges more than a decade ago that heavily damaged the Jamaica Bay crossing and transportation infrastructure across the entire region.

In late August, a series of storms barreled across Southern California dropping torrents of rain on the high desert. A few inches of rain fell in the course of an hour, collected on barren slopes and rushed down previously parched arroyos.

A $55.7-million scour repair project will see demolition of the existing seven bridge piers and associated timber piles, and installation of 14 new reinforced concrete drilled shafts on this 77-year-old bridge.

A pilot pile program to prove the efficacy of a less-disruptive method for the paused foundation fix at the ailing Millennium Tower in San Francisco could begin the week of Oct. 4.

Pittsfield, Maine-based Cianbro Corp. recently began structural repair and restoration work on the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

General contractor Jordan Foster Construction will break ground on a $60 million reconstruction project next month on SH 130 to fix pavement problems and improve ride quality along the 41-mile roadway.

As the city of Houston continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey’s aftermath, authorities are working as fast as possible to repair damages to the city’s infrastructure.