From airport expansions and dam removals to federal funding and legal wranglings, here are the articles that were most popular with our readers.

Construction kicked off this fall on the Hudson River Tunnel portion of the $16 billion Gateway Program, one of the country’s most consequential infrastructure projects. It’s one of many that got a financial lift from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Courtesy of Gateway Program

• 7 airport expansions to watch

  By Julie Strupp and Matthew Thibault • Nov. 28, 2023

  From St. Louis to Denver, Houston and Des Moines, Iowa, aviation projects are taking off, boosted by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Read the full article ➔

• Biggest dam removal in US history starts in Oregon

  By Julie Strupp • March 14, 2023

  Kiewit is the contractor on the $450 million effort to take out the Klamath River dams and restore salmon habitats. Read the full article ➔

• Texas DOT to pay Harbor Bridge builders $400M to resolve dispute

  By Julie Strupp • Oct. 17, 2023

  A Flatiron/Dragados joint venture is building the $1.2 billion Corpus Christi, Texas, project that is five years behind schedule. Read the full article ➔

• Flatiron’s E.E. Cruz to use unique lift system on NYC bridge project

  By Julie Strupp • Sept. 5, 2023

  The contractor aims to minimize traffic disruption during construction on the $138 million Bronx River Parkway Bridge. Read the full article ➔

• Amtrak picks contractors for first phase of $6B tunnel

  By Julie Strupp • Sept. 12, 2023

  The railroad selected a Clark Construction/Stacy and Witbeck JV for the Southern Approach work on the Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore. Read the full article ➔

• Boston Green Line Extension builders sue STV for $35M

  By Julie Strupp • Aug. 8, 2023

  Fluor, The Middlesex Corp., Herzog and Balfour Beatty filed suit against the engineering firm for its designs on the $2.3 billion MBTA light rail project. Read the full article ➔

• Virginia’s $3.9B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel 1 year behind schedule

  By Julie Strupp • Aug. 1, 2023

  Work is advancing on the complex infrastructure project being built by Dragados, Vinci Construction and Flatiron Constructors. Read the full article ➔

• DOT awards $1.2B to 9 megaprojects

  By Sebastian Obando • Feb. 7, 2023

  From the Hudson River Tunnel to Cincinnati’s Brent Spence Bridge, these large civil projects qualified for a new grant program funded by the IIJA. Read the full article ➔

• Biden fast-tracks Texas border wall construction

  By Julie Strupp • Oct. 10, 2023

  The administration’s waivers skirt 26 laws that could lead to time-consuming reviews and lawsuits of the Rio Grande Valley barrier project. Read the full article ➔

• $16B Gateway Program construction finally underway

  By Jen A. Miller • Nov. 21, 2023

  The critical Northeast Corridor rail project between New Jersey and New York is back on track and brings a host of opportunities for contractors. Read the full article ➔

   

This article was originally written by Julie Strupp and appeared here.