Sustainability & Resilience

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    Trump taps former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead EPA

    The new administration will likely roll back regulations affecting fossil-fuel power plants, including a carbon emissions rule, according to an industry expert.

    By Ethan Howland • Nov. 13, 2024
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    WSP leaders rosy on US work post election

    The Canadian megacontractor reported higher revenue, profits and backlog in its third quarter, with plans for more acquisitions on the horizon.

    By • Nov. 12, 2024
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    Feds press Louisiana on $3B coastal restoration megaproject

    Lawsuits have stalled the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion effort, so officials have threatened to pull funding.

    By • Nov. 5, 2024
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    $3.6B Brent Spence Bridge project sued over environmental concerns

    The lawsuit alleges officials didn’t sufficiently study the impact of the new Cincinnati-area span and says the design doesn’t do enough to include biking and transit.

    By • Oct. 28, 2024
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    Contech startup contest taps 8 finalists

    From an AI chatbot plumbing project specs to cosmic rays peering inside infrastructure, the Cemex Ventures-led annual contest surfaced an array of emerging construction tech.

    By • Oct. 23, 2024
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    $13B overhaul of I-45 in Houston breaks ground after years of delays

    The controversial highway widening project, one of Texas’ largest infrastructure efforts, is expected to take 18 years to complete.

    By • Oct. 22, 2024
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    Interior approves 2-GW Fervo Energy geothermal project in Utah

    The Bureau of Land Management also proposed a categorical exclusion to NEPA that would streamline the permitting process for some geothermal projects.

    By Diana DiGangi • Oct. 22, 2024
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    White House touts low-carbon concrete buy-in from suppliers, contractors

    The Biden administration, in partnership with the likes of Turner Construction, Clark Pacific and Ozinga, wants to leverage public procurement as a decarbonization tool.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Photo illustration: Industry Dive; Joe Readle/Getty Images; Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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    Election 2024

    Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on construction’s top issues

    Here are Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s views on the industry’s most pressing topics, including immigration, permitting, infrastructure and more.

    By Construction Dive Staff • Oct. 16, 2024
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    Project Wins

    Kiewit beats out 2 firms for Texas desalination plant job

    The city of Corpus Christi picked the firm to design and build its first seawater purification system, expected to cost at least $750 million, to drought-proof its water supply.

    By • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Opinion

    Communities nationwide plan disaster preparedness work

    As cities and states prepare for more extreme weather like this fall’s major hurricanes, there are hundreds of resiliency projects throughout the country already underway. Here are six of them.

    By Mary Scott Nabers • Oct. 11, 2024
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    Rays’ stadium roof blown off by Hurricane Milton

    The storm also toppled a crane at a St. Petersburg, Florida, construction site, tearing a hole in an office building.

    By , • Oct. 10, 2024
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    Project Milestones

    Swinerton breaks ground on Texas mass timber office

    The Austin building, which will be occupied by the contractor, features a different mechanical system on each floor.

    By • Oct. 9, 2024
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    Helene deals billions in damage to infrastructure

    Roads, bridges, electrical grids and water systems need to be rebuilt following the deadly storm, even as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida.

    By • Oct. 8, 2024
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    Executive Moves

    AECOM names head of new Water & Environment Advisory business

    Jill Hudkins, previously a strategic advisor with Tetra Tech, will serve as chief executive.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Q&A

    Shawmut founder builds global healthcare projects in retirement

    Jim Ansara helps run a nonprofit dedicated to providing sustainable medical facilities in countries like Haiti and Sierra Leone.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Balfour Beatty partners to develop 3D-printing materials

    Together with materials firm Versarien, the London-based builder will develop a variety of mortars for use in civil construction.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    Chevron decision may lead to environmental suits, permit delays

    The Loper Bright and Corner Post rulings could open the National Environmental Policy Act, OSHA’s heat standard and other regulations to challenges, legal experts say.

    By • Oct. 3, 2024
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    Glass houses? MIT pilots translucent bricks

    Researchers recycled crushed bottles to 3D-print multilayered blocks as strong as concrete, according to the university.

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    Project Milestones

    Consigli breaks ground on $500M Maine higher-ed campus

    The superstructure of a 245,000-square-foot research building will be partially built with mass timber to reduce embodied carbon and emissions on the project.

    By • Updated Oct. 2, 2024
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    2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’

    Multiple utilities say they will need to totally reconstruct, rather than repair, electric systems in the hardest-hit areas.

    By Robert Walton • Oct. 1, 2024
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    Minneapolis airport unveils plans for geothermal heating, rainwater harvesting in $263M expansion

    The 168,000-square-foot addition to Terminal 2 is the first of several projects planned in coming years to accommodate growing passenger demand.

    By Brian Martucci • Sept. 20, 2024
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    Project Wins

    Bechtel wins $453M Michigan solar project

    The contractor will lead the design and construction of Sunfish Solar 2, which will be one of the largest solar facilities in the state when finished.

    By • Sept. 16, 2024
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    First national green bank launches with IRA funding

    The Coalition for Green Capital said it’s open for business and seeking to build a U.S. network of green banks that will mobilize capital for clean energy.

    By Lamar Johnson • Aug. 27, 2024
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    Low-carbon materials a ‘huge opportunity’ to green the transportation sector

    The DOT is releasing $800 million to reimburse builders for using cleaner construction products, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt told Construction Dive.

    By • Aug. 27, 2024