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Among the 20 diverse category winners of ENR’s annual Best of the Best Projects competition, the Century Project for Seattle’s Space Needle wins the top prize. The sky-high renovation overcame logistical challenges to transform the landmark into a glass jewel box with take-your-breath-away views.

Seattle’s Space Needle

Best of the Best Projects 2020

Project of the Year, Best Renovation/Restoration: The Seattle Space Needle Century Project

Erica Berardi

March 10, 2021

City's iconic 520-ft-high attraction, opened for a world's fair in 1962, gets a sweeping $100-million renovation and modernization for the next generation

Best of the Best 2020

ENR's Best of the Best Projects 2020

March 10, 2021

These 20 awards come as the result of a nearly yearlong effort by ENR editors and about 100 members of the construction industry who judged project submissions at various stages of the contest.

McKinstry

Is the Pandemic Forcing An Evolution in P3 Work?

Jim_Parsons

March 10, 2021

Public-private partnerships might be the key to shaping construction’s post-pandemic future

ASCE Report Card

ASCE: U.S. Infrastructure Grade Improves but Funding Gap Widens

Tom Ichniowski

Aileen Cho

March 3, 2021

Engineers' group gives a C- grade, but key category did worse this time; advocates are hopeful big US investment will happen

pete

Safety, Equity, Climate Change and Job Creation To Shape Transportation Policy

Aileen Cho

February 25, 2021

DOT Secretary Buttigieg and deputies also emphasize breaking down "silos."

Energy Conservation Code

Codes & Standards

International Code Council Approves Controversial Process Change

Stakeholders will now have a vote in approving changes to the model International Energy Conservation Code

Scott Lewis

March 5, 2021

The ICC's board of directors approved a change to the development process for its model International Energy Conservation Code.

data

ENR Top Young Professionals Panel Sees Great Potential for Better Data in Construction

Jeff Rubenstone

Jeff Rubenstone

February 25, 2021

Improving construction data practices and finding new ways to use machine-learning and other advanced algorithms in projects has been a hot topic in the industry, but some firms are already seeing real benefits. That was the consensus of a panel of experts convened for ENR’s 2021 Top Young Professionals conference, held Feb. 24-26.

AEC Leaders Tout Brand Building and Inclusivity in Career Movement

Debra K. Rubin

February 24, 2021

Chiefs of industry giants Jacobs and Shawmut share strategies to build standout corporate and individual brands at ENR's first young professionals conference.

Companies

New Terms in Global Water Giant Veolia's $13.1B Bid for Rival

Debra K. Rubin

Scott Van Voorhis

March 11, 2021

French operations of target Suez would be sold later to Meridiam; meanwhile, Canada energy player Brookfield Infrastructure Partners sticks to $5.7B hostile bid for natural gas transporter Inter-Pipeline.

ENR Executive News

Executive News

Obituary: Contractor Lenore Janis, 86, Was Early Force for Women's Equality

Debra K. Rubin

March 10, 2021

Former design firm chiefs Morris Levy, 91, and Robert O'Neil, 85, left imprints on key firms and projects

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Construction Markets

Primoris Builds Renewable Business Along With Pipeline, Industrial Portfolio

Scott Van Voorhis

March 8, 2021

The billion-dollar-plus energy industry contractor finds its path to success.

30-MW Block Island, R.I.

Offshore Wind Will Gain Years-Awaited Building Boost in 2021

March 10, 2021

The $2.8B Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts Politics get long-awaited permit push, as politics, incentives and needs align.

P3s, UAVs Are Hot Topics at Aviation Conferences

Aileen Cho

March 10, 2021

Climate change considerations, public-private partnerships for small and midsize airport projects, and urban air mobility infrastructure are some of the major issues for the U.S. aviation sector—along with optimism regarding new U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Transportation Competition

Three Teams Shortlisted to Finish Delayed $2B Purple Line Rail

Bechtel/Clark venture not chosen for short list, sources report

Jim_Parsons

March 4, 2021

ENR learns names of two other design-build bidders not picked to proceed on disputed Maryland public-private partnership job in D.C. suburbs.

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Border Wall Builder Loses Protest Over Contract Price Difference

March 1, 2021

Fisher Sand & Gravel claim on 2020 Laredo, Tex. barrier award to Kiewit unit is nixed by GAO

Snake River map

Congressman Floats $33B Plan to Demolish Four Dams

Pam McFarland

Pam Hunter McFarland

March 10, 2021

A concept floated by Republican Mike Simpson, a U.S. congressman from Idaho, holds the potential to loosen the intractable logjam that has persisted for years among lawmakers, community members and federal officials to find a way to save the dwindling salmon population in the Columbia River Basin before it is too late.

Autodesk Acquires Innovyze

Water

Autodesk to Acquire Water Infrastructure Technology Provider Innovyze for $1 Billion

Cash transaction will be Autodesk's most expensive ever if it closes as planned in April

Jeff Yoders

February 24, 2021

Autodesk acquires water infrastructure design and management provider Innovyze for $1 billion, plans to integrate it with Autodesk Civil 3D, BIM360 and other products.

tandem

Autodesk Takes Tandem, Its Digital Twin Platform, Into Public Beta

Aims to bridge the gap between Revit models and facilities management

Jeff Rubenstone

Jeff Rubenstone

February 26, 2021

Autodesk announced Tandem, its digital twin coordination tool, at Autodesk University last year. That tool entered public beta this month, allowing anyone to start building out digital twins of their projects.

Triax

Skanska Sees Benefits of Worker Tracking Tech on California Hospital Project

Jeff Rubenstone

Jeff Rubenstone

March 10, 2021

Working through the COVID-19 pandemic has brought many new technologies into standard use.

Construction workforce unemployment

Construction Workforce

Construction Loses 61K Jobs in February as Unemployment Rate Hits 9.6%

Tom Ichniowski

March 5, 2021

Specialty trade contractors saw the greatest job losses while the industry jobless rate worsened on monthly, year-over-year measures.

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Landowners Sue Over 1,100-Mile Ammonia Pipe They Say is Abandoned

March 8, 2021

U.S. court class action seeks compensation to remove Texas-to-Minnesota line; owner said it has no obligation to take such action for permitted 8-in.-dia. pipe.

Construction Fatality

State Probes Contractor Worker's Deadly Fall at LA Water Plant

Greg Aragon

March 13, 2021

Jose Perez, a union laborer employed by contractor Murray Co. fell March 8 while securing tank lid at the Hyperion treatment facility

MSG Sphere Steel Ring Lift

Entertainment Venues

Massive Crane Places 170-Ton Compression Ring at Big Vegas MSG Sphere Project

Christine Kilpatrick

February 25, 2021

MSG chose the massive crawler crane over a boom crane since its tracks allow the crane to manage heavier lifts.

Infrastructure projects

Coronavirus Relief

Biden Signs Sweeping $1.9T Relief Bill, Includes Aid for Multiemployer Pensions

Tom Ichniowski

March 11, 2021

Bill signs bill with little fanfare at White House, with larger event scheduled for Friday.

Water Infrastructure

House Debate Starts on Need for Boosted Clean Water Funding

Tom Ichniowski

February 23, 2021

Key committee chair, Democrat Peter DeFazio, says he will seek "a very ambitious number" for clean mater SRF authorizations.

ENR Pulse

Pulse: Project News for the Week of March 15, 2021

March 10, 2021

Pueblo County is planning to build a 181,918-sq-ft, 670-bed detention facility.

ENR Editorials

Keep Infrastructure on an Upward Track

March 10, 2021

Next on Congress' agenda is planning for an infrastructure bill, and we have ideas to help members start. While consensus will be difficult, much of the outline already exists.

ENR Construction Economics

Construction Economics for March 15, 2021

March 10, 2021

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

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