Engineering News-Record (ENR)

Engineering News-Record, commonly referred to as ENR, is a weekly publication that delivers news, insights, data, and perspectives relevant to the global construction sector. Owned by BNP Media, this magazine caters to a diverse audience, including contractors, project managers, engineers, architects, public works officials, and suppliers within the industry. ENR addresses various topics, including the design and construction of skyscrapers, stadiums, airports, long-span bridges, dams, tunnels, power plants, industrial facilities, water and wastewater management, and hazardous waste remediation. Additionally, it explores key issues in the construction world such as financial, legal, regulatory, safety, environmental, management, corporate, and labor matters.

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First Border Wall Contracts of Second Trump Term Awarded in Texas, San Diego

1 day ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Granite Construction has won a $70-million contract to build seven miles of new U.S.-Mexico border wall in Hidalgo County, Texas, awarded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. It is the first new border contract awarded in President Donald Trump's second term. The work is being funded by money originally appropriated in fiscal year 2021, the agency said in a statement.
Michigan Bid-Rig Plea Lands Former Asphalt Paving Executive in Prison

3 days ago | enr.com | Elaine Silver

A judge has sentenced one of several people charged in a Michigan price-fixing schemes to prison. Timothy Baugher, a former president of Pontiac, Mi.-based Asphalt Specialists (ASI), pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate federal antitrust law by colluding with F. Allied Construction Co. on driveway, large parking lot and private roadway projects. A judge sentenced him to six months in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $20,000.
Northern Colorado Utility to Build 100-MW Battery System

4 days ago | enr.com | Doug Puppel

Colorado utility Platte River Power Authority has signed an agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to develop a large-scale battery energy storage system, part of a renewable power strategy that includes phasing out its coal-fired power plants. The utility announced it will build a 100-MW/400-MW-per-hour lithium iron phosphate battery storage system adjacent to its Black Hollow solar project in Severance, Colo., about 60 miles north of Denver.
FHWA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tracking Rule

6 days ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration released a final rule April 18 rescinding requirements that states track tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases and set goals to reduce those emissions. The Biden administration finalized its greenhouse gas emissions rule in 2023 to track and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's highway system network.
US DoT Takes Over $7B NYC Penn Station Reconstruction From MTA

6 days ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration is shaking up plans for a $7-billion reconstruction of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station by moving authority over the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to Amtrak. As part of the move, the agency known as FRA is canceling an Intercity Passenger Rail Program for the Northeast Corridor grant it had previously awarded to MTA.
US Transportation Dept. Takes Over $7B NYC Penn Station Rebuild From MTA

6 days ago | enr.com | James Leggate

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration is shaking up plans for a $7-billion reconstruction of New York City’s Pennsylvania Station by moving authority over the project from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to Amtrak. As part of the move, the federal rail agency is canceling the Intercity Passenger Rail Program for the Northeast Corridor grant it had previously awarded to MTA.
Volvo, Case Press Forward on Fully Electric Equipment at Bauma 2025

6 days ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Volvo Construction Equipment unveiled its first all-electric articulated dump trucks, electrified versions of its A30 and A40 trucks, at the Bauma equipment exhibition in Munich, Germany, April 8. Case Construction Equipment and electrification supplier Moog also unveiled new electric equipment news at the conference. The A30 Electric articulated haul truck was revealed at Volvo's April 8 press conference, the world’s first serial-produced, battery-powered electric haul truck of its size.
Project to Win Permits for Line 5 Pipeline in Michigan is Fast-Tracked

1 week ago | enr.com | Annemarie Mannion

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is accelerating review of a plan to build the Great Lakes Tunnel, a 4-mile-long tunnel that would enclose twin oil and gas pipelines along the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan. The April 15 decision comes in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order Jan.
Equinor Halts $5B Empire Wind Construction After Feds Plan Extra Review

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

Norwegian energy developer Equinor says it has suspended construction on its $5-billion Empire Wind offshore energy project in New York in response to a notice from the Trump administration directing it to halt work pending a new review. Empire Wind, which was permitted last year, is planned to have 54 turbines at an 80,000-acre site located 15-30 miles southeast of Long Island.
Trump Orders Overhaul of Federal Acquisition Regulation

1 week ago | enr.com | James Leggate

President Donald Trump is directing federal agencies to overhaul their procurement systems and regulations by scaling back requirements in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to make permitting less cumbersome. Trump also is directing agencies to purchase only commercially available products and services rather than unique government systems or custom-developed solutions.