Trump Administration Targets Yet Another East Coast Wind Project

Not finished with its bizarre and unexplained crusade against U.S. offshore wind energy projects, the Trump administration has added a new target—the South Coast Wind project located about 25-30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island off the coast of Massachusetts that is set to produce more than 2.4 GW of power.  The U.S. […]

BLS: Construction Job Openings Increased in July

The construction industry added 64,000 job openings in July, according to the Jobs Opening and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number of openings reached 306,000, which is 77,000 higher than the figure from July 2024. Despite the increase, Anirban Basu, chief economist at Associated Builders and […]

ITS World Congress Participants See An Electrifying Future for Transportation Infrastructure

The global transportation industry is at a crossroads, with artificial intelligence, electrification, connectivity and digitization all poised to disrupt the way infrastructure is designed, built, and managed. Despite the current geopolitical status of the United States, industry practitioners from around the world emphasize the need for global collaboration and standards. “I have never seen such […]