Month / December 2025

A nearly completed deck over Boston’s busiest highway sits with no towers rising above it, as a lawsuit, lease deadlines and shifting lab market threaten the project’s future.

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

A new federal request for information raises questions about scale, design and delivery. 

George Harms Construction Co. challenges a project labor agreement on a key design-build package because it bars a non-building trades union from representing workers.

Work on Egypt’s rail infrastructure upgrade and buildout continues, with 2,000 km of track to be laid by the project’s completion.

U.S. electric arc furnace plants such as Gerdau’s Cartersville, Ga., plant adjust their offerings to meet demands of hot construction markets.

A major tech investment in Wisconsin is set to reshape local infrastructure, but its scale has raised new questions about power, water and long-term community impacts. 

The legal battle between developer and contractor over the $3.5-billion resort project continued for more than a decade. 

New material emerges in fast-moving warehouses, promising fewer guardrail repairs and new visibility into everyday impacts. Is it ready to challenge steel?

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics