Funding & Lettings
USDOT releases $1.6B in emergency relief
FHWA disaster money goes to 34 states plus DC and four territories. North Carolina gets $873M for Hurricane Helene repairs.
Read the full story →Wyoming lets $109M across 10 contracts
McGarvin-Moberly won the biggest job, a $42.4M I-80 package rehabbing 12 bridges. Croell took three contracts.
Read the full story →Contracts & P3s
Skanska signs $163M NYC greenway deal
A design-build contract with NYC DDC for an elevated East River connector at 14th Street. Construction starts early 2028.
Read the full story →Halmar hits first milestone on MTA P3
Halmar said on 15 Oct that Yankee Stadium is done on the $965M, 13-station accessibility P3. The other 12 stations are due in early 2027.
Read the full story →Fort Lauderdale opens $666M Kiewit P3 plant
The Prospect Lake Clean Water Center opened on 15 Oct. It treats up to 50M gallons a day and replaces a 1953 plant.
Read the full story →M&A
Construction Partners buys Cline Construction
CPI adds a Palm Coast site and utility contractor with about 60 staff and a permitted asphalt plant site. It follows Cardinal's $357.5M Hughes Brothers deal.
Read the full story →Talent Insight
New delivery models need a different team
- Funding stuck at 11 December makes some contractors wary of adding permanent headcount. The firms that keep hiring estimators and supers through the noise will be first to scale when a bill lands.
- Design-build and P3 work needs design-build managers, preconstruction leads and commercially minded project directors, not just strong bid-build PMs.
- For 2027 plans: Roll-ups make retention the first job. Lock in your superintendents and utility crews before competitors come calling.
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Connor Goodall specialises in Heavy Civil & Infrastructure hiring at QP Group. Talk to Connor about the market, salaries or a search.
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