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Skanska completes Portsmouth Marine Terminal offshore wind upgrade

CCR Magazine

Skanska has completed the redevelopment project for the Virginia Port Authority, upgrading 72 acres of Portsmouth Marine Terminal (PMT) and 1,500 feet of wharf that now serves as an offshore wind staging port. Driving 1,335 150-foot-long piles (stretching 37 miles long if lined up end to end) and pouring 26,500 cubic yards of concrete.

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A Perfect Storm of Challenges: State of the Concrete Industry

For Construction Pros

bubutu - stock.adobe.com Concrete contractors in 2025 are facing a perfect storm of challenges that are reshaping how work gets done on-site, impacting project timelines, budgets, and workforce stability. With an aging workforce and fewer younger workers entering the trade, contractors are stretched thin across projects.

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Yellowstone River Bridge Sits Tall at Top of Canyon to Improve Safety, Access and Views

ENR Construction

National Park Service Work on the project has been carried out in phases due to the limited construction season in the park, generally lasting from April to October. The current bridge has little room for pedestrians or cyclists and is showing signs of wear from decades of extreme weather and heavy use. Photo courtesy U.S.

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Construction Site Hearing Issues: How Noise Damages Workers’ Health & Prevention Tips

UK Construction Blog

Picture yourself walking past a bustling construction site – the thunderous roar of jackhammers, the grinding whir of power tools, and the rumble of heavy machinery create a symphony of industrial chaos. Heavy machinery dominates the noise landscape with bulldozers producing 85-95 decibels during earth-moving operations.

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Trolley Route Flooding Alleviated by Stormwater Management Solutions 

Civil + Structural Engineer

Nick Huston, Senior Marketing Manager, Transportation and Water, Oldcastle Infrastructure The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) trolley routes 101 and 102, sometimes called the Media-Sharon Hill line, are light rail lines serving portions of Delaware County. Thanks to H.R. Thanks to H.R.

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Build lean, clean, and green: Exploring off-site heavy timber construction

Construction Specifier

However, as technology advances and projects become more complex—and with labor at a more significant premium than ever—several challenges to the traditional way of doing things on a job site have emerged. Using a high-quality, carefully designed system such as heavy timber construction offers many advantages to off-site construction.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

Project management software: smart tools for fast teams 4. For example, in merchandise management and customer management. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) systems promote faster, better and more economical work. Building planning: digital for optimized workflow 2.