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    Deep Dive // 2026 Outlook

    5 construction trends to watch in 2026

    Contractors will be keeping tabs on material costs, data center demand, interest rates and more this year.

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    Head safety compliance: Navigating the ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2026 helmet revision

    The ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2026 update adds Type I+ and Type II+. What safety leaders need to know.

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    What construction leaders need to know for 2026

    It’s anyone’s guess what the next 12 months will look like. Here, nonresidential building pros share insights on data centers, immigration and more to bring the year into focus.

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    Balfour Beatty sells stake in Gammon Construction

    The London-based contractor divested from the Hong Kong business to focus on its core U.S. and U.K. markets.

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    GlobalFoundries building $21B New York fabs under US-Japan trade deal

    The multibillion-dollar agreement will accelerate U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, strengthen critical supply chains and support growing automotive and industrial demand, GlobalFoundries said.

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    North Carolina passenger rail line to get $550M from US DOT

    The project will relieve train congestion and allow North Carolina and Virginia to schedule more frequent passenger trains, according to the North Carolina transportation department.

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    Amid immigration crackdown, US craft workers increasingly older, foreign-born

    Research from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found immigrants accounted for all net growth in the trades between 2013 and 2024. A continued decline in immigration will put pressure on low-wage craft jobs.

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    13-year, $2B NYC bridge rehab completes latest project

    Skanska’s $452 million contract to replace the bridge’s 592 suspender ropes included the 1.5-mile pedestrian pathway rebuild.

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    Flintco-Mortenson JV begins concrete deck at $900M Oklahoma City NBA arena

    The construction team on the future home of the Oklahoma City Thunder also started work on the loading dock walls on the east side of the venue.

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    Iran conflict pushes construction prices to near 4-year high

    Higher fuel costs coupled with tariff impacts on key materials drove construction prices up 11.2% year over year in September.

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    Punch List: HNTB wins 2 Maryland bridges, AECOM names global transportation chief

    Plus, Turner saw costs rise 5.5% year over year in the third quarter, and CMAA picked a new board of directors chair.

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    NYC’s Plaza Hotel to close in 2027 for multiyear facade restoration

    Commencing in January, the New York icon will shut down for at least four years to undergo repair to its landmark-protected building exterior.

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    University of Tennessee breaks ground on $350M health studies build

    Flintco will lead construction on the new health sciences building, which represents the largest ever capital investment by the Tennessee General Assembly in a higher education institution.

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    Turner-FH joint venture breaks ground on Colorado hospital

    The build for AdventHealth in Louisville carries a price tag of $475 million, according to Becker’s Hospital Review.

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    Construction Inclusion Week panel: ‘You can become anything you want’

    A carpentry apprentice, a journeyman electrician and a contracting firm vice president discussed the benefits, hard work and quick career progression inherent to construction.

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    Q&A

    ‘I’ve lived it’: How HITT’s CEO brings trade experience to her role

    HITT Contracting’s Kim Roy discusses the company’s key markets, future M&A plans and changes in data center construction.

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    3D-printing giant Icon raises $200M

    The Texas firm will use the investment for production and manufacturing of its new Titan 3D-printing machine and to open a research and development facility.

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    Roofer sues after allegedly being told ‘no one pays overtime in construction work’

    While it is common for certain salaried workers to be exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirement, blue-collar workers are nonexempt.

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    DOT moves ahead on effort to tie new construction funds to marriage, birth rates

    The Federal Transit Authority has published new guidance on the demographic factors proposed in early 2025 to determine the share of a project DOT covers.

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    Contractors’ backlog jumped in September as profit outlook fell

    High construction costs are taking a toll on sales and margin expectations, according to Associated Builders and Contractors.

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    3 economic factors determining construction’s winners and losers: ABC

    The economy has “become more extreme” as strong sectors boom even more, and weak sectors face more challenges, said Anirban Basu, ABC chief economist.

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    3 transit leaders explain how they fund major projects

    Chicago, New York and Seattle transit leaders outlined their solutions to revenue shortfalls, legal challenges and inflationary pressures at an American Public Transportation Association conference.

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    Borrowing costs still too low to cool inflation, economists say in survey

    Business spending will likely grow at a 12.6% annual rate this year before slowing to 6.2% in 2027, according to economists surveyed by Wolters Kluwer.

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    Northrop Grumman, Air Force start on $4.5B expansion

    With cash from the One Big Beautiful Bill, the California build will add more than 1 million square feet to produce B-21 Raider machines.

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    DPR breaks ground on $230M Kaiser Permanente project in Colorado

    The contractor will use prefabricated and modular construction to build the offices, cutting down on jobsite complexity.

  • Construction Continues On River Bend, Hut 8's New Artificial Intelligence Data Center In Louisiana
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    Q&A

    A $6 trillion question hangs over the AI construction boom

    Four factors will need to go right to justify eye-popping investments into the sector, said Peter Hanbury, a partner at global management consulting firm Bain.