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The article reports on the impact of Hurricane Sandy on construction projects in the Tri-state area. Some of the most hard hit areas by the storm were Long Beach and New York City in New York and the New Jersey coast. Renovation work at the Long Beach High School was scaled back a few weeks and caused additional millwork for Stalco Construction. The three central energy plants of Jingoli-DCO Energy, with combined heat and power generating equipment, were flooded.

The article discusses the construction activity in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region in 2012. The baseline contract value of projects in the region increased to 127 million dollars, but the combined total of the projects only reached 7.9 billion dollars, a 10% decline from 2010. According to data from McGraw-Hill Research & Analytics, 2011 total starts for the region declined 14% from 2010 to about 38 billion dollars.

The article reports on the refusal by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to block planned bridge toll increases across the Hudson River by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) as requested by the American Automobile Association (AAA). The DOT argued that it does not have authority over interstate bridge tolls under the 1987 U.S. Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act. AAA is also pursuing laws regarding the PANYNJ's uses of bridge toll revenues.

The article reports on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding received by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) for the second stage of a replacement construction project on the Route 52 causeway near Atlantic City. According to NJDOT spokesman Tim Greeley, the construction project will generate 500 construction positions throughout its three-year duration. The construction project includes the replacement of two existing lift bridges at every end of the causeway.