Construction Industry News: Dec 28, 2018
Shutdown Affects Some, But Not All, Infrastructure Programs The partial shutdown of the federal government, which began on Dec. 22, will have some effect on federal construction programs, but other…
Construction Industry News: Dec 12, 2018
Collapsed Alaska Highway Ramp Reopens Days After Quake A collapsed off-ramp in Alaska's largest city that became an iconic image of the destructive force of a magnitude 7.0 earthquake was…
Construction Industry News: Dec 3, 2018
Mich. Gov. Drops Plan For Bridge Panel to Oversee Oil Pipeline in Straits of Mackinac Gov. Rick Snyder on Monday abandoned his proposal to have Michigan's Mackinac Bridge Authority oversee…
Construction Industry News: Nov 8, 2018
Mayor Caldwell signs 'historic' bill allowing $44M in city funds to go to rail The Honolulu City Council voted 7-2 on Tuesday to pass the bill, overturning an 11-year-old ban…
Beavers Student Day Tour: Mud Mountain Dam Project
The Beavers hosts a Student Day each year for 50 to 100 civil engineering and construction management students and faculty members, from colleges and universities where The Beavers provide academic…
Construction Industry News: Oct 22, 2018
What the construction industry can expect post-Hurricane Michael While Hurricane Michael was more destructive than hurricanes that have hit Florida in the recent past, much of what lies ahead will…
Construction Industry News: Oct 11, 2018
Crews Plan to Fully Demolish Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct in First Half of 2019 As many as five demolition crews will be munching and toppling sections of the old Alaskan…
Construction Industry News: Sep 11, 2018
Construction Gains 21,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Stays Low Construction added 23,000 jobs to its workforce in August as the industry’s unemployment rate held even with July’s but fell…
Construction Industry News: Aug 8, 2018
Video: The Oroville spillway one year later Watch the difference a year makes, July 2017 to July 2018. Watch the Video Industry could be overspending $177B per year, study finds…
Construction Industry News: Aug 1, 2018
Fire-Damaged Pittsburgh Bridge Finally Nears Full Completion Nearly two years after a fire closed Pittsburgh's Liberty Bridge for 24 days in September 2016, the approximately $81-million rehabilitation project is almost complete—and only about a month…
Construction Industry News: June 29, 2018
US Construction Industry Has A Bright Future A new report from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation, Vertical Market Outlook Series – Construction, said the near-term residential and commercial construction…
Construction Industry News: May 31, 2018
New Study Finds Mobile Technologies and Connectivity Poised to Transform Heavy Construction Projects Study suggests mobile technology could improve quality of heavy construction project data tracking, cost control and efficiency…