April 14, 2025

Check out the April 14, 2025 edition of ENR, featuring office-to-residentil conversions to bring new life to decades-old buildings and downtowns, Top Owners Review +, news and more!

Cities Back Conversions as Offices Go Residential

Jeff Yoders

James Leggate

April 9, 2025

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As modern office work continues to evolve, many former office towers are being converted to homes.

Construction Delivery

ENR 2025 Top Owners Review: Tariff ‘Golden Age’ Stuns Construction Market

Overall, the value of construction-in-progress for ENR Top 425 Owners rose from 2023 to 2024.

Emell D. Adolphus

Jonathan Keller

April 9, 2025

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Overall, the value of construction-in-progress for ENR Top 425 Owners rose from 2023 to 2024.

Contracts

Chicago Requests Contractors Cut Cost of Signed Deals by 3%

Annemarie Mannion

March 20, 2025

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The City of Chicago is asking prime contractors to take 3% off the price of their invoices, with no decrease in scope for construction projects.

Clean energy

California Unveils ‘High-Impact’ Blueprint to Promote Heat Pumps

Doug Puppel

March 27, 2025

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State agencies, manufacturers, utilities and others are ramping heat pump adoption efforts, while a Washington state judge on March 21 revoked a passed ballot measure that aimed to retain natural gas use in the state building code.

Government

ABC Hopes Trump CHIPS Act Changes Open More Contracts to Members

Billions in grants remain in limbo

Richard Korman

April 1, 2025

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A mystery surrounds the nature of the final changes.

Energy Construction

Kiewit to Build Record 4.5-GW Gas Power Plant for Pa. Data Center Complex

Debra K. Rubin

April 2, 2025

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$10B megaplant, set to be the largest using gas in North America, will be built under a project labor agreement, says contractor, and replaces a closed coal-fired plant that was imploded.

Executive News

Obituary: Russ Burns, Clayco Chairman and Former CEO, 65, Led at Right Time

Annemarie Mannion

March 25, 2025

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Executive who joined the firm during tough economic times in 2008, helped build it to become a giant reporting $7.6 billion in revenue in 2024.

Federal Government

Lawmakers Weigh Reforms at FEMA

Pam McFarland

March 27, 2025

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But House committee members voiced strong support to keep agency in tact, saying a federal role in disaster response is vital, even as they called for changes in approach.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) has selected HOK to design a major expansion to Washington Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia

Transportation

HOK to Design Dulles Airport Expansion

The project is part of a $7-billion package the airport expects to complete during the next 15 years

Jim Parsons

March 24, 2025

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Dulles AeroTrain will link new facilities with the northern Virginia airport’s main terminal and other concourses.

Companies

Wood Group Financial Review Uncovers 'Cultural Failings' in Projects Business

James Leggate

March 31, 2025

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The international engineering firm says it will likely not release its year-end financial report as previously scheduled.

US Infrastructure Grade Improves to a C on ASCE Report Card, Bolstered by Federal Funding

Corinne Grinapol

March 27, 2025

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Port infrastructure receives the highest grade, stormwater and transit the lowest as report authors say continued federal, state and local funding is necessary to continue improving the country's infrastructure.

Infrastructure

AtkinsRéalis Picked to Help Beef Up Puerto Rico’s Ailing Power Grid

Jim Parsons

March 31, 2025

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The firm is already at work on a project to add 990MW of clean energy and 700MW of battery storage to its grid.

Transit

AECOM-HNTB Team Wins $186M Contract to Manage NYC Second Avenue Subway Extension

James Leggate

March 26, 2025

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The MTA selected the joint venture over two other teams that submitted proposals for the work on the Second Avenue subway extension.

Highways

UPDATE Sinkholes Close Key NJ Interstate-80 As Officials Seek Solutions, Funding

Jim Parsons

Debra K. Rubin

March 26, 2025

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State DOT said some lanes won't reopen for weeks after three large voids emerged on heavily traveled highway link, as agency awaits word on federal assistance.

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AECOM Seeks Tens of Millions in Interest From ExxonMobil After Refinery Verdict

Richard Korman

March 25, 2025

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After AECOM's net $44-million jury award on a disputed project, potential added interest gets interesting.

A group of workers stand in a line by two orange tents and an excavator picking up pieces of concrete from a collapsed building

Investigations

Collapse of 33-Story Bangkok Tower During Earthquake Blamed on Substandard Construction

Saibal Dasgupta

April 2, 2025

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An initial investigation into the collapse of a government office tower under construction in Bangkok that killed 18 has turned up low-quality construction materials.

China Doubles Down on Coal-Fired Power, With Record Plant Capacity Planned

Saibal Dasgupta

Debra K. Rubin

March 20, 2025

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UPDATE: On April 8. the Trump White House moved to follow China's coal power push, issuing four presidential orders to boost federal support of the sector and remove market barriers.

Federal Judge Upholds New York City Building Natural Gas Restriction

Johanna Knapschaefer

Debra K. Rubin

March 28, 2025

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Judge rejects lawsuit by NYC plumbers' union, contractor groups against Local Law 154, ruling ordinance is not an outright ban of natural gas.

Corruption

Chicago Contractor Charged in $325K Amtrak Bribery Scheme

Contractor allegedly gave rail manager cash, trips and other gifts to gain $52M in change orders on Philadelphia train station project

Annemarie Mannion

April 1, 2025

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Mark 1 Restoration owner was charged with bribing an Amtrak official and gaining $52M in change orders on now completed station renovation contract.

Transportation

Britain Approves $13B Lower Thames Crossing Project

C.J. Schexnayder

March 31, 2025

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The highway crossing beneath the Thames River will include the longest road tunnel in the country.

Cities Back Conversions as Offices Go Residential

Jeff Yoders

James Leggate

April 9, 2025

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As modern office work continues to evolve, many former office towers are being converted to homes.

Infrastructure Funding

Duffy Says He Won't 'Hold Up Any Projects' as DOT Reviews Grant Awards

James Leggate

April 2, 2025

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The U.S. transportation secretary testified at a Senate committee hearing as lawmakers begin developing a surface transportation reauthorization bill.

Viewpoint

Farewell to DC Bureau Chief Tom Ichniowski: ENR's Government Eyes and Ears

Debra K. Rubin

April 10, 2025

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Momentous changes and unprecedented uncertainty now in federal governance is another reminder of the importance to ENR’s audience of the magazine’s Washington, D.C., coverage.

From the ENR Archives: August 24, 1944

Scott Lewis

April 10, 2025

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This 1944 cover image shows a crew of Navy Seabees placing steel mats for an airstrip somewhere in the Pacific.

Design

Atlas Tube Releases HSS Connections Tool at Steel Show

Jeff Yoders

April 10, 2025

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On April 1 at the North American Steel Construction Conference in Louisville, Ky., Atlas Tube released its HSS Connections Hub, a cloud-based suite of engineering resources designed to simplify hollow structural sections connection design for structural engineers and steel fabricators.

Technology

Autodesk Brings Mesh Exports Into Revit, With New Graphics

Jeff Yoders

April 10, 2025

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Turning a photograph or a scan into a 3D model remains a cumbersome process involving several data processing steps.

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Editorials

Time Is Short for Trump to Further Modify or End His Tariff Blitz

Today's partial '90-day suspension' still leaves major tariff increases in place.

ENR Editorial Board

April 9, 2025

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The perils to the construction industry remain.

Industrial Leads for the Week of April 14, 2025

April 10, 2025

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Information derived from Industrial Reports, a market intelligence firm specializing in industrial construction and equipment leads.

Construction Economics for April 14, 2025

April 9, 2025

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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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Cities Back Conversions as Offices Go Residential

ENR 2025 Top Owners Review: Tariff ‘Golden Age’ Stuns Construction Market

News

Chicago Requests Contractors Cut Cost of Signed Deals by 3%

California Unveils ‘High-Impact’ Blueprint to Promote Heat Pumps

ABC Hopes Trump CHIPS Act Changes Open More Contracts to Members

Kiewit to Build Record 4.5-GW Gas Power Plant for Pa. Data Center Complex

Obituary: Russ Burns, Clayco Chairman and Former CEO, 65, Led at Right Time

Lawmakers Weigh Reforms at FEMA

HOK to Design Dulles Airport Expansion

Wood Group Financial Review Uncovers 'Cultural Failings' in Projects Business

US Infrastructure Grade Improves to a C on ASCE Report Card, Bolstered by Federal Funding

AtkinsRéalis Picked to Help Beef Up Puerto Rico’s Ailing Power Grid

AECOM-HNTB Team Wins $186M Contract to Manage NYC Second Avenue Subway Extension

UPDATE Sinkholes Close Key NJ Interstate-80 As Officials Seek Solutions, Funding

AECOM Seeks Tens of Millions in Interest From ExxonMobil After Refinery Verdict

Collapse of 33-Story Bangkok Tower During Earthquake Blamed on Substandard Construction

China Doubles Down on Coal-Fired Power, With Record Plant Capacity Planned

Federal Judge Upholds New York City Building Natural Gas Restriction

Chicago Contractor Charged in $325K Amtrak Bribery Scheme

Britain Approves $13B Lower Thames Crossing Project

Cities Back Conversions as Offices Go Residential

Duffy Says He Won't 'Hold Up Any Projects' as DOT Reviews Grant Awards

Departments

Farewell to DC Bureau Chief Tom Ichniowski: ENR's Government Eyes and Ears

From the ENR Archives: August 24, 1944

Atlas Tube Releases HSS Connections Tool at Steel Show

Autodesk Brings Mesh Exports Into Revit, With New Graphics

Time Is Short for Trump to Further Modify or End His Tariff Blitz

Industrial Leads for the Week of April 14, 2025

Construction Economics

Construction Economics for April 14, 2025

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