May 2025

The $1.2-billion Brandon Road Interbasin Project, intended to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from entering the Great Lakes, can advance now that Illinois has acquired 50 acres of land needed for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

The Trump administration has taken several new actions in recent days, some with little public notice, to boost fossil fuel power generation in the U.S, particularly from coal-fired plants. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waited until Saturday, May 24 to

The New York Dept. of Transportation is taking the first steps toward demolishing Syracuse, N.Y.’s I-81 downtown viaduct, reconnecting and revitalizing disadvantaged neighborhoods divided by the structure for more than a half-century.In April, NYSDOT awarded the fifth contract in

Investment in construction tech startups continues to set records, with a pace that, nearly halfway into 2025, indicates  the sector is a strong attraction..Leading the list of the latest big investments is Tel Aviv-based Buildots, an artificial intelligence-powered construction

Federal agencies’ environmental reviews of proposed projects should be “a procedural cross-check, not a substantive roadblock,” the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a May 29 decision that will allow a $1.4-billion Uinta Basin Railway project to advance in Utah.

Attorneys for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation called the agency’s disadvantaged business enterprise program “unconstitutional” and asked a judge to block it from setting DBE contract goals as part of a proposed settlement with two contractors suing over the

Ryan Companies is the developer of Highland Bridge, a 122-acre mixed-use  site in Saint Paul, Minn., on the site of a former Ford Motor Company Twin Cities Assembly Plant. Photo