Facing extreme rainfall and flooding, NYC is turning Brooklyn’s Prospect Park into a natural buffer

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: New York City is investing $68 million to build Brooklyn’s first Bluebelt system, which uses nature-based solutions to reduce flash-flooding, in Prospect Park, New York Mayor Eric Adams announced last week. The plan calls for upgrading […]
Alberici, JE Dunn land $300M Louisiana shipyard job

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Louisiana shipyardValue: $300 millionLocation: Franklin, LouisianaClient: Saronic Technologies St. Louis-based contractor Alberici, alongside Kansas City, Missouri-based JE Dunn, was tapped for a $300 million expansion of naval military contractor Saronic Technologies’ Franklin, Louisiana, shipyard, according to […]
Construction job openings were ‘extraordinarily low’ in October

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction job openings sank to an “extraordinarily low” level in October, signaling a lingering cool-off in labor demand, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Construction employers reported […]