Construction Industry News: Jan 21
Change of Plans for $1B NYC Subway Tunnel Rehab May Avoid Shutdown, But Questions Remain The planned 15-month shutdown and $1-billion repair of a critical New York City subway tunnel—three…
Change of Plans for $1B NYC Subway Tunnel Rehab May Avoid Shutdown, But Questions Remain The planned 15-month shutdown and $1-billion repair of a critical New York City subway tunnel—three…
G. Michael Hoover, Chairman and CEO of Sundt Construction, Inc. and 2018 President of the Beavers, served as master of ceremonies for the 2019 Golden Beaver Awards Dinner which was…
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…
Calm before the storm? What the construction industry can expect in 2019 Last week, industry leaders and economists convened at Dodge Data & Analytics’ Outlook Executive Conference at Maryland’s National…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…