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The article discusses the magazine's Top 400 Contractors survey which includes company rankings, and constructions projects with regard to general building, transportation, power, petroleum, environment, and manufacturing/telecommunicatons. Topics discussed include the reportedly booming construction market in the U.S., construction of a $960-million Washington State Convention Center in downtown Seattle, Washington, and a 119 miles of high-speed rail track construction in California.

The article discusses the $3 billion and 119 miles of track construction underway on California's high-speed rail stretching between Sacramento and San Diego, and mentions Construction Package 1 contract for the first phase of the program, a 32-mile stretch between Madera and Fresno Counties.

The article focuses on the rearrangement of the loading track by Murphy Oil Corp., a refinery company in Superior, Wisconsin, to allow diesel fuel shipment by rail. It mentions that the initial plan was to retrofit the existing loading dock for asphalt and set up a track spill containment pans, in accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulations. It also discusses that the purpose of the plan was to allow any tanker truck to drive over the railroad track.

The article offers worldwide news briefs related to construction industry as of December 2014. Topics discussed include plans of Brazil's National Ground Transportation Agency (ANTT) to build a high speed rail line called Trem de Alta Velocidade (TAV), plans of Mexico's National Water Commission (Conagua) to build the Santa Maria Dam on the Baluarte River in Sinaloa, Mexico, and plans of Budimex SA to build a tram depot in Olsztyn, Poland.

The article reports on a contract signed between China Railway Construction Corp.'s subsidiary China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. (CCECC) and Ministry of Transport of Nigeria for construction of Lagos, Nigeria-Calabar, Nigeria Railway Line under the Coastal Railway Project. It mentions that the railway line construction of railway line can help enhance China-Nigeria trade and relations. It presents views of CRCC chairman Meng Fengchao on the construction project.

The article presents updates on two controversial rail projects in Virginia and Maryland. Topics discussed include the completion of the first phase of the 5-billion U.S. dollar Silver Line project of the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) and operated by the Washington Area Transit Authority, which became operational on July 26, 2014. Also mentioned is the issuance of the Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the 2.37 billion dollar Purple Line by the Maryland Transit Administration.

The article reports that the Israeli government awarded a railroad-track contract to the consortium of DB Bahnbau Gruppe and contractors Shikun U'Binui Ltd. and Lesico Ltd. Topics discussed include the project as part of Israel's plan to expand its 1,100-kilometer national rail network, the work consisting of the 22-kilometer (km) double-track line from Acre to Carmiel and a 14-km line to improve access to the central area of Tel Aviv.

The article reports that the California High-Speed Rail Authority hired joint venture Wong-Harris, comprised of engineering firms PGH Wong Engineering and Harris & Associates, to act as project manager in 2013 to build part of the high-speed rail track between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The article reports that the collapse of a cantilevered segment of an elevated rail track being constructed in New Delhi, India, on July 12, 2009 was caused by a design flaw and inadequate concrete curing. The incident, which killed six people, could prompt the rail agency Delhi Metro Rail Corp. (DMRC) to ban design-build contractor Gammon India from further work. The agency is also conducting inspection of 87 piers built under the same project.

The article reports that the San Bernardino Association of Governments (SANBAG) parkway grade separation project in San Bernardo, California, will start on March 22, 2007. The estimated $16.5-million project includes a new bridge over the existing Cajon Boulevard, and railroad tracks and adjacent roadway work on State Street and University Parkway.