Tag: infrastructure

April 11, 2024

The Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department selected Jacobs Solutions, along with two other firms, to design upgrades worth $15 million each for the county’s three wastewater treatment plants, according to a company announcement. The other two companies are New […]

February 27, 2024

Contractors are staying busy with infrastructure work as federal money continues to roll out. However, worker shortages and high inflation continue to strain the sector, and spending on transit and fossil fuel projects slumped in the past year. According to […]

February 7, 2024

Drexel’s method, which researchers published in the journal Automation in Construction, uses a high-resolution stereo-depth camera to record images of a structure before feeding them into a deep-learning program called a convolutional neural network. These systems can spot the finest […]

January 16, 2024

Infrastructure construction is poised for another strong year, thanks in part to large infusions of federal money. The sector has propped up the building industry in recent months amid interest rate hikes and declines in backlog. The Infrastructure Investment and […]

January 8, 2024

Mitch Landrieu, who oversaw the launch of the $1.2-trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is leaving his post as White House director of infrastructure implementation to become a co-chair of President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. Jan. 12 will be Landrieu’s […]

December 28, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of urban development, cities are faced with an array of challenges that demand quick and innovative solutions, ranging from the critical issue of affordable housing to the pressing need for efficient and decongested infrastructure and sustainable […]

December 19, 2023

Infrastructure was a beacon of hope for the construction industry in 2023, with backlog growing as other sectors booked fewer jobs amid high inflation and borrowing costs. Funds from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds flowed and the […]

December 13, 2023

Infrastructure projects posted the only gain in backlog in November, adding about a month’s worth of work. For contractors outside of the infrastructure scope, though, backlogs have taken more of a hit. “A growing number of contractors are reporting declines […]

November 30, 2023

California agencies with tens of billions of dollars of construction in the works joined more than 40 other groups around the country on Nov. 20 in a movement to drive contracting opportunities for historically underutilized businesses, known as HUBs. Fourteen […]

November 29, 2023

Project awards are the lifeblood of every construction firm, as they indicate new work and future revenue. Here, Construction Dive tracks the top project wins recently announced by the country’s biggest contractors, ranging from a solar facility and a port […]

November 27, 2023

All robots, as well as the paint shop and other equipment in automaker Rivian’s Normal, Ill., production facility were designed by its in-house team, which also did design of parts for its R1S and R1T electric vehicles. The Biden administration’s […]

November 17, 2023

Overall construction starts are expected to rise 7% in 2024, following a 1% increase in 2023, Richard Branch, chief economist at Dodge Construction Network, said during the 2024 Dodge Construction Outlook presented on Nov. 17. The 2023 increase will bring […]

November 13, 2023

Infrastructure and capital projects are being hit hard by rising financing costs, inflation and expensive lawsuits, but the latter issue is one builders have some power to mitigate. Contractors can empower themselves by understanding the causes of cost disputes and […]

October 31, 2023

British Columbia Transportation and Infrastructure officials have shortlisted three teams to submit proposals for the $3-billion Fraser River Tunnel Project south of Vancouver, Canada. According to procurement documents, officials plan to sign a design early works agreement with the winning […]

September 14, 2023

Infrastructure covers a range of projects, but for the most part involves physical systems that help the greater good. More often than not, infrastructure projects comprise work that is behind the scenes, although the construction or reconstruction can cause disruptions […]

September 13, 2023

Backlog fell on a monthly basis for companies with revenues of less than $100 million a year. That mirrors the slight downturn in monthly numbers from July to August as overall industry backlog, including private development, dipped 1.1% lower. But […]

August 21, 2023

With infrastructure and industrial construction on the rise, rough terrain cranes that may have been sitting unused are now plugging away on jobs across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. A crucial asset in any crane fleet, the RT is versatile, […]

July 24, 2023

A lack of mega-projects in the manufacturing sector, which previously had seemed bullet proof amid an onshoring blitz, translated into a 67% nosedive in starts for that project type following aggressive growth in May. Nonresidential building starts tumbled 14% in […]

April 13, 2023

The flow of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funds rolls on, with the Federal Highway Administration’s award of $295.7 million from the law’s Bridge Investment Program. The grants, announced on April 13, went to nine projects–five urban and four rural–which […]

March 20, 2023

Infrastructure is widely known by the population in general, defined simply as a set of fundamental services for the socio-economic development of a region, such as sanitation, transportation, energy, and telecommunication. The commonly presented examples always refer to man-made physical […]