Isrrael Rodriguez, a Salvadoran with temporary status as a union laborer in New York City, could be deported, as changing government immigration rules test construction’s project and workforce management.
Six months after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, landslides, broken traffic lights and reconstruction traffic make Edgar Iñesta’s commute halfway across the 100-mile-wide island a slow crawl.
Following a new analysis that examined the damage and flood impacts of Hurricane Harvey, Houston’s Dept. of Public Works is recommending that all new structures in the city’s 100- and 500-year floodplains be elevated to 2 ft above the 500-year flood elevation to avoid such damage in the future.
As California prepares for a new governor—who may or may not be a supporter of the high-speed rail project now under construction—the California High-Speed Rail Authority is moving forward with environmental documents for the Los Angeles-area sections.
The evolution of design-build for transportation projects in the U.S. has had ups and downs, with many agencies pushing for “progressive” design-build and a few states—and contractors—still resistant to the basic idea.
Construction project management software vendor InEight signed a deal on March 18 to purchase assets of QA Software, Melbourne, Australia, including TeamBinder, its flagship, cloud-based document management and collaboration system for engineering and construction.
Building on a late 2017 partnership with Autodesk to support file transfers within AutoCAD, cloud-based data storage company Dropbox now is adding document format support and software integration for the Aconex, BulldozAIR, Fieldwire and PlanGrid project data management systems as well.
Construction and engineering firms that pursue federal infrastructure work will see the benefits flowing from a $21.2-billion boost in infrastructure funds in a newly enacted $1.3-trillion package for fiscal year 2018.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike found itself in a bit of a pickle recently over a 20-year-old disposal plan for 66,000 tons of buried industrial sludge during construction of a $91-million segment of the Southern Beltway near Pittsburgh.
Foxconn Technology Group confirmed it has selected Gilbane Building Co. of Providence, R.I., and Germany’s M+W Group as the joint-venture general contractor for a $10-billion LCD screen manufacturing facility planned for Mt. Pleasant, Wis.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking soil and sediment samples to determine whether Minden, W.Va., should be added to the National Priorities List (NPL) for Superfund cleanup.
With the Seattle skyline and Mount Rainier as a backdrop, workers from Hoffman Construction install new glass panels on the iconic Space Needle’s observation deck.