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    2025’s top construction conferences

    Construction Dive rounds up the industry conferences, expos and meetings on tap this year.

    Updated Jan. 29, 2025
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    A no-BS guide to building better early-stage budgets

    Stop building budgets on bad data: The no-nonsense approach to winning construction bids.

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    Top construction-related podcasts

    The AEC industry boasts a vast offering of informative, on-demand programs. Here are some to add to your playlist.

    Updated March 27, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why Trump’s tariffs alone aren’t enough

    Manufacturing projects are complex. Levies aimed at bringing these builds back to the U.S. need to be paired with broader initiatives, writes one construction executive. 

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    Safety Week 2025

    ‘Safety belongs to everyone’: What construction leaders value most

    Executives from companies such as Jacobs, Clayco and Shawmut detail overlooked areas for improving jobsite safety.

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    Safety Week 2025

    The Fatal 5? Balfour Beatty highlights risk of live traffic.

    The contractor has added speeding vehicles to the well-known “Fatal Four” list and is taking steps to mitigate the danger.

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    Tariffs trigger pauses on some retail, industrial real estate deals

    It’s too soon to know exactly how tariffs will impact commercial real estate. But some cracks are emerging in the U.S. retail and industrial sectors, CBRE’s Whitley Collins says.

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    Safety Week 2025

    Granite JV plays it safe at Sacramento’s American River Bridge rehab

    The California-based team has taken a 20/20/20 approach, pausing their work every 20 minutes to perform a 20-second scan of the area 20 feet around them.

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    AECOM sees delays, deferrals tied to Trump policies

    Although some clients have postponed decisions due to uncertainty in Washington, in a Tuesday earnings call CEO Troy Rudd maintained he is bullish on the president’s deregulation push.

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    KPMG rolls out AI-powered tool for mitigating tariff risks

    The new tool can help with complex analyses that play a role in mitigation strategies a CFO might choose to adopt, according to KPMG’s Andrew Siciliano.

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    Safety Week 2025

    Safety leaders tout innovative data, planning practices

    In recognition of Construction Safety Week, leaders from Granite, Fluor, DPR and other firms talk about protecting workers on their jobsites.

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    AI, robots take top spot in contech investments

    Nearly half of all funding went to artificial intelligence, marking a sharp uptick from past years, according to a report from Nymbl Ventures.

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    Trump orders FDA to help speed building of new drug factories

    Yet regulatory relief for U.S. expansion could be accompanied by new tariffs and drug pricing rules.

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    Dallas Fort Worth airport expansion jumps to $4B

    The new Terminal F will be double the size originally planned after American Airlines increased its investment.

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    Safety Week 2025

    Survivor story: A safety expert shares his experience to help others

    Seventeen years ago, Manny Souza was injured in a crane collapse. Today, he continues to find ways to improve workplace safety and risk assessment.

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    Opinion

    What NEPA changes mean for projects, permitting timelines

    The framework for environmental reviews is shifting as federal agencies revise or develop their own implementing regulations, according to attorney Alexaida Collet.

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    Turner launches offsite manufacturing company

    Its new subsidiary, xPL Offsite, will target projects in the advanced technology segment while also eyeing opportunities outside of that niche.

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    Fluor says most customers forging ahead despite tariffs

    Some clients are awaiting “market clarity and cost certainty” before making final investment decisions, new CEO Jim Breuer said in an earnings call.

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    Safety Week 2025

    Ready to stand down? Construction Safety Week kicks off.

    This year’s initiative will focus on fall prevention among other efforts to keep workers safe and healthy.

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    DOL orders staff not to enforce Biden-era independent contractor rule

    The Labor Department is still considering whether to rescind the rule, which faces ongoing litigation, it said Thursday.

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    PCL to open Phoenix office

    A 20-year company vet will lead the charge in the contractor's push to bolster its commercial building focus in the region.

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    Granite shrugs off tariff impacts, hints at new IIJA

    The California-based civil builder’s CEO said the firm hasn’t been hampered by levies and that there’s political will in Congress for a follow-on infrastructure law. 

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    Economic Reports

    Construction spending plummets on tariff fears

    Data centers are “perhaps the only remaining source of industry momentum” as most private sectors pulled back in March, according to ABC’s chief economist.

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    Recordable SIFs drop, but there’s more work to be done

    Though the number of serious injuries and fatalities declined in a recent report, the overall fatality rate in construction has stagnated in the last decade.

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    Policy uncertainty could trigger ‘recession’ for renewables, analyst says

    A lack of clarity surrounding tariffs and tax credits has triggered steep declines in funding for renewable energy in the first quarter of 2025, per Mercom Capital Group.

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    Economic Reports

    Construction hiring slows to lowest rate ever recorded

    New job numbers point to a decreased demand for labor across the industry, according to Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis.