July 14, 2025

From Ashes to Action: LA Fire Recovery Enters New Phase

While FEMA and the Army Corps achieve early delivery of LA wildfire cleanup, challenges loom over reconstruction

July 9, 2025

Six months after several devastating wildfires swept through Los Angeles County, debris removal has entered the homestretch while businesses, utilities and homeowners take the first steps toward rebuilding.

The ENR Top 500 Review +: Firms Lean Into Design Flexibility as Tariff Uncertainty Takes Hold

Emell D. Adolphus

Jonathan Keller

July 10, 2025

No Comments

The launch of the Trump administration’s trade agenda had a rocky start as its sweeping tariff announcements tanked stock markets worldwide.

Water Infrastructure

Drinking Water Leaders Convene to Tackle Funding Challenges, Forever Chemicals

Pam McFarland

June 18, 2025

No Comments

Meeting the challenge of growing facility demand with public funds threatened and the persistent problem of PFAS contamination were key focuses of the American Water Works Association annual meeting.

The construction competition at SkillsUSA.

Workforce Development

SkillsUSA Sells Gen Z on Work in Tech‑Driven Building Trades

The 61st annual SkillsUSA national leadership conference offers positive indicators for industry's workforce pipeline

Bryan Gottlieb

July 2, 2025

No Comments

With labor shortages mounting, construction is betting on Gen Z to reshape the industry as the skillbuilding competition and other initiatives spotlight trade careers.

The outside of the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters in Washington is seen behind a water fountain

Safety & Health

OSHA's Proposed Heat Rule Draws Feedback From Contractors, Unions

James Leggate

June 19, 2025

One Comment

A U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration panel is holding a multiday virtual public hearing on its proposed workplace heat injury and illness prevention standard through July 2.

A Jobs Corps student works on the job site

Workforce

Federal Judge Provides Lifeline for National Vocational Training Program

Johanna Knapschaefer

June 30, 2025

No Comments

The order stays attempts by the U.S. Dept. of Labor to shutter the job training program until a related lawsuit is settled.

Rendering of the Rourke Bridge in Massachusetts

Transportation

Skanska Clinches $303M Massachusetts Bridge Replacement Job

Johanna Knapschaefer

June 16, 2025

No Comments

The Rourke Bridge over the Merrimack River in Lowell, Mass. carries about 27,000 vehicles per day.

Transportation

VTA May Seek New Tunneling Contractor for BART Silicon Valley Extension

Jim Parsons

June 20, 2025

No Comments

The Kiewit Shea Traylor joint venture and VTA were unable to agree on the cost for the project’s next stage, which includes a single-bore tunnel beneath San Jose.

Clean Energy

California Set to Become World’s Largest Solar-Battery Storage Hub

Esther D'Amico

July 1, 2025

No Comments

Darden storage site in Fresno County is the first California project to be permitted under the state’s new Opt-In Certification program to speed environmental review of critical energy infrastructure to less than 270 days.

Central Florida Expressway Authority OKs $4B For Expansions, Upgrades

Aileen Cho

June 20, 2025

No Comments

Five-year plan is largest in the agency's history.

Infrastructure

$95.3M Contract for Soo Lock Final Phase Goes to Kokosing Alberici Traylor

Annemarie Mannion

June 25, 2025

No Comments

Joint venture's award is part of a nearly $3.3B effort to build a larger lock to accommodate modern cargo vessels as they traverse the 21-ft elevation change traveling between Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes.

Marine Construction

$850M California Port Project Presses on Despite Opponents' Push to Rescind Federal Funding

Doug Puppel

Debra K. Rubin

July 2, 2025

No Comments

Eureka, Calif., facility, which also is set to be an offshore wind energy hub, continues development despite renewable energy opponents' petition to have federal DOT rescind an awarded $427-million grant.

Water Projects

Granite-Led JV Tapped for Two Major Southern Nevada Water Projects

Doug Puppel

June 27, 2025

No Comments

The package of works are part of the wider Horizon Lateral Program developed to meet the water consumption demands of the fast-growing Southern Nevada region.

Sustainability

Team Launches Structural Engineering Code Review With Eye on Reducing Embodied Carbon

Jennifer Seward

June 27, 2025

One Comment

A group of civil and structural engineers working with leading industry groups is undertaking a review of the primary structural design codes to identify tweaks and changes that could reduce embodied carbon.

A rendering of the Midtown bus terminal staging and storage facility

Transportation

Tutor Perini to Build $1.9B Staging-Storage Facility for Midtown NYC Bus Terminal Redevelopment

Jim Parsons

July 1, 2025

No Comments

The facility is part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $10B Manhattan bus terminal upgrade

NY Gov Hochul, wearing a red suit jacket and black dress, walks with NY Power Authority members at the Niagara Power Plant

Energy Construction

New York Will Build 1-GW-Minimum Advanced Nuclear Power Capacity

Corinne Grinapol

June 28, 2025

No Comments

Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) says NY Power Authority will run the effort to develop one or more power plants upstate but offers no specifics on design, siting or project delivery approach.

Companies

FlatironDragados Combines Three New York-Area Firms Into Single Entity

SPC Construction Co. links Schiavone Construction Co., John P. Picone Inc. and E.E. Cruz & Co. Inc.

Justin Rice

June 26, 2025

No Comments

SPC Construction Co. links Schiavone Construction Co., John P. Picone Inc. and E.E. Cruz & Co. Inc.

Immigration

ICE Raids Create Chilling Effect on Already Stretched Industry Workforce

Esther D'Amico

Debra K. Rubin

June 24, 2025

One Comment

Both documented and undocumented workers are being swept up as raids escalate across construction, as others avoid jobsites to stay out of ICE crosshairs.

Vice President J.D. Vance casts a tie-breaking vote on the Senate floor

Government

Senate Deals Setback to Clean Energy Projects With Tax and Spending Package

James Leggate

July 1, 2025

No Comments

The bill, passed with the vice president's tie-breaking vote, phases out tax credits for EV charging infrastructure next year and for wind and solar projects finished after 2027—but a new clean energy tax is cut, nuclear power gets added incentive and contractors gain a desired tax break

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks on the House floor

Government

Congress Passes Tax and Spending Reconciliation Package With Tax Cuts Sought by Contractors

James Leggate

July 3, 2025

No Comments

The budget reconciliation bill also cuts support for clean energy projects and appropriates funding for some construction projects.

A bridge spans a waterway with a biker on a path along the water

Transportation

MassDOT OKs $1.1B for Cape Cod Bridge Replacement Program

The $18.5-billion plan also funds MBTA power system upgrades

Justin Rice

June 24, 2025

No Comments

The $18.5-billion capital investment plan also includes funds for MBTA power system upgrades, a multimodal transportation project, interchange improvements and bridge projects.

Aviation

$95.2M Milwaukee Airport International Terminal Readies for Take-Off

Gilbane and Oxeland Group LLC will serve as construction manager at-risk with JM Findorff & Sons building the new terminal.

Jim Parsons

June 27, 2025

No Comments

Construction of new $95.2-million international terminal is expected to begin in December at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport.

Natural Gas

Delfin Inks US Floating LNG Design Deal with Samsung, Black & Veatch

Debra K. Rubin

July 10, 2025

No Comments

Located 40 miles off Cameron Parish, La., plant would have four trains and be the first such offshore facility in the U.S., set to produce up to 13.2 million metric tons of LNG annually, developer said.

Construction Added 15K Jobs in June, But Only Specialty Firms Were Hiring

Scott Judy

July 3, 2025

No Comments

Continuing economic uncertainty is causing job declines among building contractors and heavy/civil firms.

NJ Advances Controversial $11B Newark Bay-Hudson County Turnpike Extension

$6.1B first program phase to replace key crossing will proceed despite community opposition

Jim Parsons

July 3, 2025

No Comments

Program includes planned $6B reconstruction of Newark Bay Bridge and upgrades of key NJ Turnpike link to lower Manhattan, with work in densely populated area

Corps and homeowners at an Altadena fire cleanup location

Update

ENR and Army Corps Often Meet in Aftermath of Disasters

Richard Korman

July 9, 2025

No Comments

ENR's cover story on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mission to clean up devastating damage sustained by Los Angeles County during the Eaton and Palisades fires this year continues a long history of reporting on agency activities.

History

From the Archives: December 6, 1928

Scott Lewis

July 10, 2025

No Comments

This 1928 cover shows two railroad erection cars building the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new main line bridge over the Wabash River in Terre Haute, Ind.

ENR covers about the Trans-Alaska pipeline

Construction History

Massive Mobilization Forged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

Scott Lewis

July 10, 2025

No Comments

Moving hot oil across Arctic terrain was an unprecedented challenge following the discovery of America’s largest oil field in 1969 in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Viewpoint

Talking Isn't Building: More Action Needed on Surge Protection Barriers

Charles M Hess

July 10, 2025

2 Comments

A commentary urging progress on badly needed protection for the Houston and New York City areas.

Data Management

Kaya Brings AI to Construction Supply Chains, Procurement

Jeff Yoders

July 10, 2025

No Comments

Supply chain management in construction, despite its complexities, has remained stubbornly resistant to technology upgrades.

Bruce Buckley

July 10, 2025

No Comments

A joint venture of Page and LMN is designing the $1.6-billion redevelopment of the Austin Convention Center in Texas, with a joint venture of JE Dunn and Turner Construction as construction manager. Demolition for the 1.4-million-sq-ft project is underway. The convention center is slated to reopen in late 2028.

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