Architecture

For the Isle au Haut’s roughly 70 residents, spending the last eight years procuring and installing a subsea telecommunications cable delivering universal broadband service to the unbridged remote Maine island for the first time has truly been a community

Officials in California are moving forward with plans to construct the 1.5-million-acre-ft Sites Reservoir in the Sacramento Valley. The Sites Project Authority, which is leading the project, issued a request for qualifications Jan. 9 for a construction manager at-risk

Construction employment is still expanding but at only a modest rate, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau said in its latest employment report, released on Jan. 10, estimating that the industry gained 8,000 jobs in December.

Construction work has resumed on a $2-billion hotel renovation in New York City nearly a week after a craftworker fell to his death and a full-stop work order was issued by the New York City Dept. of Buildings (DOB).

Skanska will construct a bridge on North Carolina’s coast, between Tyrrell and Dare Counties, to replace the aging Lindsay C. Warren Bridge on U.S. 64 over the Alligator River. The $450-million contract was awarded to Skanska USA Jan. 8

New York-based Turner Construction Co. closed its acquisition of Irish-based contractor and engineering firm Dornan Group, the company announced Jan. 7.The deal boosts Turner’s presence in Europe and adds to its capabilities. And the contractor, which ranks No. 1

Morocco’s state-owned railway operator, the Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF) has awarded France’s NGE Group a $110-million contract to upgrade one section of the Kenitra-Marrakesh rail line, part of Morocco’s $14.3-billion high-speed rail development plan.NGE, through its subsidiaries TSO,