The U.S. Gulf Coast is bustling with infrastructure projects to manage the nation’s newfound status as a major oil and gas exporter and to serve the demand for its condensates and petrochemicals.
Dodge chief economist Robert Murray and others see transportation sector growth, but declines in multifamily and other housing for an overall flat construction outlook.
As Amazon’s decision to split its second headquarters between New York City and metropolitan Washington, D.C., draws plaudits and criticism regarding incentives used to lure the e-commerce giant, contractors are weighing the impacts of major new construction programs in what are already the nation’s top two construction markets.
The Occupational Safety and Heath Administration published the final version of its new crane rule on Nov. 9, which covers training and certification for crane operators.
The release this month of the 2018 edition of the International Green Construction Code marks the first time two sustainability standards developers have joined to foster green buildings and streamline code adoption.
The convergence of virtual reality, prefabrication, manufacturing, building information modeling and construction came into better focus for Autodesk product users in mid November at the software vendor’s annual conference in Las Vegas.
In the wake of Democrats' House takeover and Republicans widening their Senate majority in the midterm elections, talk has quickly revived about taking on infrastructure legislation in the new Congress.
Contractors in Colorado will get more work from the late passage of a $567-million bond issue in Jefferson County, the state's second-largest school district.
TransCanada is standing by its vow to build the $8.3-billion Keystone XL pipeline, despite a recent federal court ruling that struck down the Trump Administration's 2017 effort to jump-start the project.
National Grid and Rhode Island state regulators will review 41 proposals offering 2,500 MW that were submitted in response to a September request seeking 400 MW of renewable-energy capacity.
The D6XE dozer from Caterpillar, officially shown for the first time to trade press on Nov. 14 at the company's test facility in Edwards, Ill., features a "High Drive" electric-drive transmission that eliminates a traditional gearbox.
On Nov. 9 Belgium-based crane manufacturer Sarens launched the SGC-250 crane, which boasts a 5,000-metric-ton lifting capacity and a load moment of 250,000 ton-meters.