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This section covers the procurement, financing, site preparation, and project delivery types for different sectors of infrastructure, including: buildings, infrastructure and industrial works.

]]> https://www.enr.com/rss/115 en-us New Park Over I-35E in Dallas Exemplifies a Transportation Trend choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) $300-million Halperin Park project enters second phase, with industry anticipating more projects aimed at reconnecting divided communities. 

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63186 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:21:18 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63186-new-park-over-i-35e-in-dallas-exemplifies-a-transportation-trend AI Data Centers Become City-Scale Infrastructure, Prompting New Industry Playbook gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) As AI data centers reach city-scale power demands, developers, utilities and contractors are rewriting the infrastructure playbook around electricity, workforce and speed-to-power challenges nationwide.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63177 Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:41:38 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63177-ai-data-centers-become-city-scale-infrastructure-prompting-new-industry-playbook Navy Maps Out Four Packages for Planned $10B Bremerton Dry Dock Rebuild gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) As the U.S. Navy advances a planned $10-billion dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, new documents reveal four major construction packages and phasing.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63176 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:11:28 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63176-navy-maps-out-four-packages-for-planned-10b-bremerton-dry-dock-rebuild Penn Station Renderings Reveal Design for $8B Reconstruction Beneath Madison Square Garden gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Can New York City finally remake Penn Station without moving Madison Square Garden? Newly released renderings offer the clearest answer yet.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63127 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:04:47 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63127-penn-station-renderings-reveal-design-for-8b-reconstruction-beneath-madison-square-garden Vancouver Amphitheater Pushes Mass Timber Into Long-Span Territory gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Can mass timber compete in large public venues? Engineers of the Freedom Mobile Arch in British Columbia say it's possible.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63118 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:30:40 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63118-vancouver-amphitheater-pushes-mass-timber-into-long-span-territory Southern California Water Agencies Mount Massive Push for Reuse mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) Separate programs work collectively to reduce reliance on imported supply, including effort to manufacture water through innovative deep-ocean desalination.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63094 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:10:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63094-southern-california-water-agencies-mount-massive-push-for-reuse WSP Gets Ready to Tackle the Southeast's Biggest Infrastructure Challenges judys@enr.com (Scott Judy) ENR’s Southeast Design Firm of the Year expands its footprint and grows its business by delivering on a wide array of programs.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63073 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63073-wsp-gets-ready-to-tackle-the-southeasts-biggest-infrastructure-challenges Inside JCB’s Texas Megafactory Project kongv@enr.com (Vince Kong) http://www.enr.com/articles/63071 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63071-inside-jcbs-texas-megafactory STV-Turner JV to Oversee Midtown Manhattan Bus Terminal Phase 1 Work gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Role covers interim terminal, storage facility and rail-spanning ramp structure tied to $10-billion replacement program


]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/63030 Wed, 20 May 2026 14:53:52 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/63030-stv-turner-jv-to-oversee-midtown-manhattan-bus-terminal-phase-1-work Ireland Splits $18B MetroLink Procurement Into Separate Civil, Rail Systems Packages gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Officials describe MetroLink as one of Ireland's largest-ever infrastructure programs and part of a trend toward automated metro systems.


]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62986 Tue, 12 May 2026 11:45:36 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62986-ireland-splits-18b-metrolink-procurement-into-separate-civil-rail-systems-packages Dubai Launches Tunnel Boring on $5.6B Blue Line Metro Expansion gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Crews are advancing a 15.5-km underground corridor beneath challenging creek-side geology.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62963 Thu, 07 May 2026 12:55:48 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62963-dubai-launches-tunnel-boring-on-56b-blue-line-metro-expansion Flatiron Said Disputed Concrete Mix Cost Millions on Large Caltrans Project kormanr@enr.com (Richard Korman) Settlement reached last year with ready-mix supplier on Fix 50 project in Sacramento on which less portland cement was specified.



]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62934 Wed, 06 May 2026 08:38:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62934-flatiron-said-disputed-concrete-mix-cost-millions-on-large-caltrans-project Chicago Towers Will Alter Skyline And Mitigate Wind Impacts manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion) On the long-vacant site in Chicago, two towers have been designed and engineered to combat the power of the wind.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62918 Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62918-towers-will-alter-skyline-and-mitigate-wind-impacts Canada-to-Wyoming Oil Pipeline Secures Presidential Permit to Advance gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) The Trump permit enables construction of a 645-mile Canada-to-Wyoming crude pipeline connecting to one in Alberta, but challenges from environmental groups as well as further state and federal reviews are still ahead.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62924 Fri, 01 May 2026 14:21:38 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62924-canada-to-wyoming-oil-pipeline-secures-presidential-permit-to-advance $2.5B Oman–UAE Hafeet Rail Project Enters Heavy Civil Phase gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) The cross-border connection between the Gulf States is nearing the halfway mark.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62894 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:55:52 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62894-25b-omanuae-hafeet-rail-enters-heavy-civil-phase-as-tunneling-bridgework-advance Walbridge Uses Woodchuck.Ai Materials Platform To Divert 8K Tons of Wood on $3B Michigan BlueOval Project yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders) Walbridge achieved 40% projected materials savings using materials management platform to rethink everything from recycling to truck trips on Ford BlueOval project.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62864 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:39:34 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62864-walbridge-uses-woodchuckai-materials-platform-to-divert-8k-tons-of-wood-on-3b-michigan-blueoval-project Path Cleared for $4.5B Brent Spence Bridge Project as Costs Mount manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion) Groundbreaking is expected this spring for the $1.5-billion Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project connecting Ohio and Kentucky over the Ohio River. 

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62815 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:37:41 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62815-path-cleared-for-45b-brent-spence-bridge-project-as-costs-mount NJ Turnpike Moves Procurement on $6.7B Bridge Replacement NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill scrapped the original controversial $10.7B twin-span bridge build in tight urban area advanced by her predecessor after local opposition.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62802 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:38:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62802-nj-turnpike-moves-procurement-on-67b-bridge-replacement Two European Projects Aim to Scale Industry Decarbonization Innovations Materials producer Holcim will open in 2028 what it says is the world's first fully electric cement clinker plant, while KBR and Mott McDonald are engineering the first global facility in Amsterdam to annually import 200,000 metric tons of liquid hydrogen and export 1.8M metric tons of carbon dioxide.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62750 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62750-new-euro-projects-seek-to-scale-carbon-reduction-innovations Brooklyn Public Library Undergoes Mass Timber Rebuild Studio Joseph and Shawmut have a nearly $31M assignment to build one of the first public buildings in New York City using the material. 


]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62684 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62684-brooklyn-public-libraries-undergoes-mass-timber-rebuild Contractor Sues Over Stalled Milwaukee Timber Tower, Seeks $11.3M and Foreclosure manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion) Why is C.D. Smith seeking foreclosure and sale of the site of the Edison, which was once planned to be the tallest timber building in North America?

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62697 Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:32:04 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62697-contractor-sues-over-stalled-milwaukee-timber-tower-seeks-113m-and-foreclosure Suffolk, Other Contractors Adopt Video Safety Review Platform Arrowsight yodersj@enr.com (Jeff Yoders) Arrowsight and Oracle AI are applying big data and artificial intelligence to construction site safety. 

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62692 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62692-suffolk-other-contractors-adopt-video-safety-review-platform-arrowsight USACE Awards $30M Contract to Repair Grays Harbor North Jetty gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) How do engineers repair a century-old jetty battered by Pacific storms? A $30M USACE project at Grays Harbor offers a look.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62627 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:30:22 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/62627-usace-awards-30m-contract-to-repair-grays-harbor-north-jetty $11.5B Brenner Base Tunnel Nears End of TBM Excavation gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) With fewer than 6 km left on the final Alpine drives, the $11.5-billion Brenner Base Tunnel shifts toward systems installation and a planned 2028 opening.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62594 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:36:56 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62594-115b-brenner-base-tunnel-nears-end-of-tbm-excavation From the ENR Archives: August 18, 1955 lewisw@enr.com (Scott Lewis) This 1955 cover depicts a supersonic wind tunnel being built at the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in Mountain View, Calif.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62590 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62590-from-the-enr-archives-august-18-1955 Section 122 Tariffs Leave Construction Cost Exposure Largely Intact gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Trump’s 10% Section 122 surcharge keeps tariff exposure intact for construction firms, tightening pricing windows, contract risk and project financing decisions ahead of a 150-day deadline.


]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62580 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:13:57 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62580-section-122-tariffs-leave-construction-cost-exposure-largely-intact Major Procurement Process Begins for Israel’s $49B Tel Aviv Metro gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Soft-ground tunneling will occur beneath the dense, transit-linked Gush Dan corridor for the planned 150-km underground rail system.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62509 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:28:18 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62509-major-procurement-process-begins-for-israels-49b-tel-aviv-metro Spain’s Sagrada Familia: Contemporary Construction Methods Speed Iconic Basilica to Completion mcfarlandp@enr.com (Pam McFarland) The project team uses creativity and modern techniques to ensure Gaudí’s masterpiece lasts well into the next century.

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62506 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62506-spains-sagrada-familia-contemporary-construction-methods-speed-iconic-basilica-to-completion Ice Chapel Built by Student Duo Rises at University of Notre Dame manniona@enr.com (Annemarie Mannion) Architecture, civil engineering majors show their stuff in an enterprising construction project on the Indiana campus

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62485 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:44:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62485-ice-chapel-built-by-student-duo-rises-at-university-of-notre-dame US Justice Dept. Seeks Stay of June 16 Enbridge Line 5 Shutdown gottliebb@enr.com (Bryan Gottlieb) Why is the Justice Dept. stepping into the Line 5 fight now—and what does a looming June shutdown mean for an unfinished Wisconsin reroute?

]]> http://www.enr.com/articles/62477 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:29:19 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/62477-us-justice-dept-seeks-stay-of-june-16-enbridge-line-5-shutdown