Construction in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin is seen as essential infrastructure, so work continues on most sites in those states. Minnesota, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas's orders broadly exempt outdoor activities. Michigan's order includes public works construction as essential.

A new report says replacing two Cape Cod Canal bridges for an estimated $1 billion would be more cost-effective than rehabilitating them. 

Engineers and architects have the responsibility to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public. Until building codes adapt, building professionals must seriously consider integrating passive design into their projects to ensure occupant safety during extreme weather events.

The cost of the design for a new Kansas City International Airport has nearly doubled since a developer was picked in September 2017 in a very open, if chaotic, process. Now, Chicago is going with a completely closed process to pick the designer of a new terminal at O'Hare International in a process that's just as bad.

 The Massachusetts Dept. of Public Utilities selected Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc. to analyze the gas state's entire gas distribution system. 

Louis Berger named former District of Columbia Dept. of Transportation director Leif Dormsjo as senior vice president for infrastructure asset management.

While the MBTA has released much information about the halted project, some crucial backstory remains unknown. We need new ways to talk about public works.

Named for two FBI special agents killed during a 1986 shootout in Miami, the Benjamin P. Grogan and Jerry L. Dove Federal Building in Miramar, Fla., consists of a four-building campus situated on the edge of the Everglades.

The 720,000-sq-ft academy for the New York City Police Dept. in College Point, N.Y., was built to replace the police department’s aging and inefficient training and educational buildings spread out over New York City.

The $72-million Pinellas County Public Safety Facilities and Centralized Communications Center project called for the complete demolition of existing buildings on a 40-acre campus and replacement with new, storm-hardened facilities such as a sheriff’s administrative building, emergency operations and dispatch centers, a 1,248-space parking garage and an energy plant to supply emergency power and cooling.