Infrastructure

Roen Salvage Co. began operation shortly after Capt. John Roen raised the 600-foot freighter George M. Humphrey from where it had sunk in the Straits of Mackinac—connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron—in 1944. With no other salvage company willing to take on the challenge, this ...

The fan experience at major sporting events like the 2024 Summer Olympic Trials goes far beyond the thrill of the competition itself. It encompasses the ambiance of the venues along with the various amenities they offer. Imagine a baseball game without peanuts and hot dogs, the e...

PROJECT | Harkers Island Bridge Replacement, Carteret County, North Carolina GENERAL CONTRACTOR | Balfour Beatty BUDGET | $68 million SCOPE | Replacing 50-year-old fixed-span and swing-span bridges connecting the mainland to Harkers Island with a single, 3,200-foot-long, fixed...

Nearly a month into Q2, is your 2024 all you wanted and more? Economists and industry experts shared their predictions at the end of last year, but now Construction Executive checks in with Dan Rosenberg, a construction and real-estate lawyer with Much Shelist P.C., about his exp...

A former steel fabrication and manufacturing plant might not be the most obvious candidate for an adaptive-reuse project. But Grubb Ventures, which purchased the Peden Steel facility in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2017 following its previous redevelopment of Dock 1053 just across...

Two years into the implementation of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, construction companies that are looking to work on IIJA-funded projects face a tangled situation threaded with challenges and possibilities. Now about halfway through its lifespan, the $1.2-t...

In past years, it was likely more difficult for companies to categorize renovation and repair projects as highly attractive. That may not be the case anymore. Public entities throughout the United States are designing extremely large renovation projects, and without a doubt, thes...

The U.S. federal contracts and grants space has historically been one of the largest, most predictable global marketplaces. The U.S. government spends a staggering amount of money on the procurement of goods and services. The government is also an extremely reliable payer and can...

PROJECT∣ Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge, Portland, Oregon GENERAL CONTRACTOR∣ HP Civil SCOPE OF WORK∣ $19-million, 475-foot-long, 24-foot-wide carbon-steel span crossing Interstate 84 and two railroad lines to connect Portland’s Lloyd and Central East...

Last year’s Pittsburgh area Fern Hollow Bridge collapse and the I-95 Philadelphia collapse may portend more infrastructure spending to come. The U.S. Department of Transportation's 2021 national inventory estimated that 44,000 bridges nationwide are rated in poor condition. Contr...