Cause of death of exec who led the $17B Hanford nuclear waste vitrification plant project was not disclosed, but Bechtel said it received last month the highest-ever U.S. Energy Dept. rating for work.

Assistance program initially will apply to group of IIJA-funded DOT and GSA mega projects.

North American Building Trades Union study finds work-life support lacking, while discrimination and sex harassment remain biggest challenges in National Center for Construction Education and Research survey of 770 women.

Share of city agency awards to minority- and women-owned business enterprises lags behind city goals, says the NYC comptroller’s office.

The largest of the grants, at $56 million, goes toward a project set to cap a section of highway running through Buffalo, N.Y.

Executives discussed building big with limited resources at the Western Winter Workshop infrastructure project delivery event in California earlier this month.

On $100-million city-funded Massachusetts project, the firms failed to accurately report participation of woman- and minority-owned businesses, state Attorney General Maura Healey alleged in a False Claims Act suit.

Construction team offers $100K reward to help find the responsible party as an investigation begins and crews will get more anti-bias training

Manufacturers, tech firms and other businesses, and STEM schools, support race component to insure workforce diversity and employee skills, but 18 state opponents and conservative court majority challenge

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and others tell construction attendees at record turnout for Tradeswomen Build Nations conference that investment in women is critical to U.S. competitiveness.