civil

The Hudson Tunnel Project Survived a Funding Freeze. Now It's Racing the Riverbed.

A $16 billion rail tunnel under the Hudson River is finally close to boring — but only after a federal funding pause halted construction earlier this year, and only once 500 buried piles from a 19th-century pier are cleared out of the way.

Brightline West Is Rising Out of the Desert — Just Not on Schedule

Real construction is visibly underway on America's first true high-speed rail line, from Las Vegas to Southern California. A stalled federal loan just pushed its finish line to late 2029.

The Grid Can't Keep Up: Data Centers Are Reshaping Civil Engineering

Data center construction has become one of the largest drivers of civil engineering spending, and the power grid is the bottleneck everyone is now building around.