Construction Industry News, December 30, 2019
Takeaways from the year's construction calamities This year, and this fall in particular, saw a number of high-profile accidents. Here is a look back at some of the construction calamities…
Construction Industry News: December 17, 2019
Atlanta transit authority approves $27B regional plan The Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (ATL) has adopted a $27.4 billion regional plan, making it possible for the authority's transit projects to be considered for…
Construction Industry News, December 5, 2019
Texas Central signs preconstruction contract with Kiewit firm for $20B bullet train Texas Central has signed an early contractor involvement (ECI) agreement with Mass. Electric Construction, a subsidiary of Kiewit Corp., for…
Construction Industry News: November 25, 2019
Public Sector Work Will Lead Market in 2020, Industry Economists Say As the market reaches the late stages of the recovery cycle, experts don’t predict an impending downturn in the…
Construction Industry News, November 20, 2019
Repeal of $7.6B Highway Funding Cut Clears Big Hurdle State departments of transportation and construction industry groups are moving close to a major win on Capitol Hill, with House passage…
Construction Industry News, November 8, 2019
California approves $3.2B bond for Virgin's $4.8B bullet train to Las Vegas The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) has authorized a $3.2 billion tax-exempt, fixed-rate revenue bond issuance to help…
Construction Industry News: October 28, 2019
What Florida Bridge Collapse Report Leaves Unexplained The bridge, a 174-ft-long concrete truss, was to provide a crossing over a busy road for pedestrians at Florida International University. In its…
Member Companies Update: October 28, 2019
A round-up of news and developments from some of our Beaver member companies. AECOM completes cleanup at the Separations Process Research Unit nuclear facility in New York AECOM, a premier,…
Construction Industry News: October 17, 2019
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 Industry News: September 6, 2019
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…
Construction Industry News: August 26, 2019
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…
Construction Industry News: Aug 13, 2019
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…
Construction Industry News: July 29, 2019
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…
Construction Industry News: July 23, 2019
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…
Member Companies Update: June 25, 2019
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 News: June 23, 2019
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…
Construction Industry News: June 14, 2019
OSHA places blame for FIU bridge collapse on engineer, contractors While all eyes are on the National Transportation Board (NTSB), awaiting its final determination as to the cause of the…
To the Rodeo and Back
Original article published by the College of Engineering, Caly Poly. While the Poly Royal Rodeo has always drawn huge crowds, rodeo coach and Cal Poly alumnus Ben Londo thought the…
Beavers to Participate in Unique CE/CM Hybrid Program
The Beavers Charitable Trust is participating in the funding of an endowed professor for the new Granite Heavy Civil Engineering and Construction Program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. This…
Construction Industry News: May 22, 2019
Infrastructure Talks Break Down, Leaving $2-Trillion Plan Hanging The blow-up of negotiations between President Trump and top congressional Democrats over a major infrastructure investment plan has probably sidetracked a comprehensive,…
Construction Industry News: May 15, 2019
Robot Assistants and Structure, Finishing, and Infrastructure Robots: Global Market Analysis and Forecasts The report provides an in-depth discussion of the global market trends, drivers, challenges, and technological issues influencing…
Construction Industry News, April 30, 2019
Key Democrats, Trump Agree to Work on $2-Trillion Infrastructure Plan In a move that could give momentum to the long search for infrastructure legislation, top congressional Democrats say that they…
Construction Industry News: April 23, 2019
Virgin Trains' $4B Florida line tees up for construction Virgin Trains USA, formerly Brightline, announced today the closing of $1.75 billion in private activity bonds (PAB) to help fund the…
Construction Industry News: March 28, 2019
Pentagon hands over $1 billion for border fencing The Pentagon transferred $1 billion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wednesday to support construction of 57 miles of 18-foot…
Construction Industry News: March 20, 2019
Florida Reservoir Project Sets Records for Owner and Contractor A joint venture of Lane Construction Corp. and Salini Impregilo is beginning work on a 10,500-acre storage reservoir beside the Caloosahatchee…
Construction Industry News: March 13, 2019
Trump 2020 Budget Has Deep Cut in Corps Construction The overall 2020 civil works budget—which would be cut 31%, to $4.8 billion—seeks no money for a long-gestating Corps Water Infrastructure…
Construction Industry News: Feb 27, 2019
Duke University's snub a 'major setback' to $3B North Carolina light rail project The Research Triangle Regional Public Authority (GoTriangle), which serves Wake, Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina,…
Construction Industry News: Feb 20, 2019
Calif. Gov. Pulls Plug on L.A.-San Francisco High-Speed Rail Project California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he's abandoning a $77 billion plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los…
Construction Industry News: Feb 8, 2019
More evidence that drones could and should play a major role in infrastructure A report from the Lulea University of Technology in Sweden indicates that drones have a major role to play…
Construction Industry News: Jan 29
What Must Happen In The Next Three Weeks To Avoid Another ShutdownThe 35-day partial government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, has ended—though just for a little while—as President Trump…
Construction Industry News: Jan 11, 2019
Shutdown Spares Some Construction Programs, But Highway Concerns Arise The partial shutdown of the federal government is starting to affect some federal construction programs—such as those at the Federal Transit…
Construction Industry News: September 30, 2019
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…