February 2025

Speaking at a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Feb. 11 instructed Dept. of Defense agencies to remove language requiring project-labor agreements in all contracts of more than $35 million and to update and

Sylvia Smith, partner emerita at design firm FXCollaborative and ENR New York Legacy Award winner, participated in workshop with University of Ghana officials. Photo courtesy FXCollaborative Sylvia Smith, partner emerita

Clearwater, Fla.-based Creative Contractors is kicking off 2025 by noting completion in January of two significant projects—the $21.2-million Genshaft & Greenbaum Building of Learning and Discovery (photo above) at Tampa Preparatory School and the $6.6-million Spurlino Family YMCA Gymnasium

City GrillChris Wall Vice President, Division Manager Brasfield & GorrieConstruction in Dallas-Fort Worth is busy, so much so that long lead times for materials are becoming the norm, Wall says. But those long lead times are becoming a secondary concern to

City GrillMichael Russell CEO HJ Russell & Co.“Atlanta is buzzing with some really big projects and initiatives right now,” says Russell, pointing to the major expansion program underway by the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. The agency’s $2.7-billion More MARTA Atlanta

Interstate 40 in Tennessee and North Carolina remains closed more than four months after the historic and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Helene in 2024. The North Carolina Dept. of Transportation continues emergency repair efforts there and across the region.According

Transforming one of the last, relatively undeveloped sections of urban acreage in New Orleans into a modern neighborhood that can rival the city’s historic French Quarter or Garden District starts with groundwork—and in the case of the city’s River

Jeff Kendall is elevated to interim president of AtkinsRealis US Nuclear in Knoxville, Tenn., replacing Joseph McBrearty, who left to be uranium processing facility transition director at federal contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security, Oak Ridge, Tenn., says a LinkedIn post.

Contracts, Bids, ProposalsNorth CarolinaEast Carolina University is preparing to start construction on the Brody School of Medicine, a new medical education building in Greenville. Work is expected to start March 1 on the construction manager at-risk project valued at