This week we look at a lighter concrete truck and a hand-held inspection camera.

Base realignment and closures could generate near-term work for environmental consultants, but new military construction programs could take a hit.

Industry's 17.7% rate in January worsened from December's 16%, but was much improved from January 2011's 22.5%.

Tom Coble was pilot, but the cause of the accident is not yet known, says the company.

Contractors from each country aim for market share in so-called 'string of pearls' nations around the subcontinent.

Measure would authorize $3.35 billion a year through 2015 for Airport Improvement Program construction grants, the same amount already appropriated for 2012.

A New alignment control system for tunnel construction to be tested in Edmonton, Canada in April.

Two-year extension will keep 2006 agreement in effect into October 2015.

The president's proposal to fund boost in transportation spending through savings from winding down wars overseas draws mixed response.

A single new, robust air hub for Germany's capital is nearing completion.

Project losses and exec departures cost the contractor in wake of purchase by Spain's ACS

It is unlikely that work will finish by March 1, the average date for Great Plains winter snowmelt to start showing up in the river where more than 500 miles of levees need repair.

Removing offshore oil platforms in the North Sea is expected to ramp up in the coming years as production declines.

Progress Energy Florida denied a Jan. 26 Tampa Bay Times report that it plans to cancel an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Shaw Group for a proposed nuclear plant project in Levy County, Fla.

Investigation, clean-up revs up on collapsed Kentucky bridge

McGraw-Hill Construction has launched Dodge BuildShare, a powerful web-based diagnostic platform that identifies key relationships between industry firms and connects them to the construction projects they have worked on, delivering competitive market share analysis and driving business growth.

Haiti's second largest university is planning to start a master's in earthquake engineering, jumping off a series of seminars that trained some 500 local designers in the fundamentals of seismic design. An American manufactured homebuilder expects to get approval to construct a plant to build earthquake-resistant structures in Haiti.

The 20-story Liberty Building collapsed, crushing a 10-story building as well as a small 4-story building that separated the two larger structures.

Global construction will grow in 2012 despite European and U.S. economic woes

Despite anticipated backlog growth in 2012, firms see concerns over government deficits, risk management and slow inertia on infrastructure investment.