Oklahoma approves $8B of infrastructure work The commission approved three plans. The largest is the $6.5 billion, Eight-Year Construction Work Plan, which centers around replacing structurally deficient highway bridges, maintaining…
Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed Construction gained 14,000 jobs in August and the industry’s unemployment rate improved modestly from July’s level but rose slightly year…
Hurricane Dorian spared South Florida but will still cost developers and contractors Most general contractors are back to work in South Florida, after securing and shutting down their job sites…
Seattle's Sound Transit awards $1.6B of contracts for $2.8B Lynnwood Link Extension The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) Board of Directors on Thursday awarded two contracts totaling more…
The construction industry is still growing, but at the slowest rate in six years The country added 202,000 construction jobs in July compared to the year earlier, according to federal…
DOT Picks Winners for $856 Million in New INFRA Grants The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has selected 20 projects—for highway, bridge, port and rail improvements—to share $856 million in the latest round…
Colorado DOT Hires Contractor to Repair Damaged Denver-Boulder Freeway The Colorado Dept. of Transportation has hired Kraemer North America on a CM/GC contract to lead the emergency repair and rebuild…
Report: 60% of US construction activity concentrated in 10 states By far, California has the largest share of the pie, with the most projects in number — 1,302 — and value —…
Skanska chief says no more big write-downs There are no more major write-downs in multinational contractor Skanska's future, CEO Anders Danielsson revealed in an interview with Bloomberg. The accounting tactic involves a reduction in the…
Construction industry confidence makes a comeback in Q2 report A renewed boost in confidence, along with some new insight into how contractors view the green building market, is front and…