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  • Rendering of Camfil's $100 million manufacturing facility in Kilgore, Texas.
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    Construction’s manufacturing boom: Mapping the biggest facilities underway in the US

    New projects added to the tracker this month include a $200 million Collins Aerospace facility expansion in Spokane, Washington, and a $175 million Nanograf battery factory project in Flint, Michigan.

    Updated Sept. 27, 2024
  • Panelists discuss the potential of AI to drive innovation and effiency at the New York Build Expo in New York City.
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    2025’s top construction conferences

    It’s time to plan for the year to come. Construction Dive has you covered with a full list of industry conferences and tech expos on tap for 2025.

  • Kentucky Venues leadership unveiled the visual concepts for the Kentucky Exposition Center’s Phase I & II renovations.
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    Economic Reports

    Planning activity softens after months of growth

    Slowdowns in office, warehouse and retail projects drove much of September’s decline, but overall activity is still up for the year.

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    $50B in transit ballot measures riding on November election

    Support for voter-approved transit funding has been strong. Transit agencies and advocates shared their stories at a recent American Public Transportation Association conference.

  • A yellow crane stands in front of a tall, shiny glass building that is mostly constructed.
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    Rising costs, oversupply slow life sciences construction

    With 72% of space under construction unleased, developers are waiting to secure tenants before kicking off new builds, according to a CBRE report.

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    Opinion

    9 year-end tax tips for general contractors

    Company leaders should take time to review the tax implications of their business and operations now, writes a CPA focused on construction.

  • People filter through a mostly empty hall with a white, linoleum-esque floor and open ceiling via windows.
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    Economic indicators: August 2024

    Construction Dive rounds up key industry data such as backlog, planning activity, input costs, starts and spending.

  • A collage shows a notebook with the words "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission" next to a judge's gavel.
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    EEOC sues Shimmick for discrimination, retaliation

    A woman worker was given the choice to switch to the night shift or hand in her keys after cooperating with an internal investigation, according to the complaint.

  • An environment engineer's blue gloved hand collects wastewater samples from industrial canals in a test tube in the morning with trees in the background blurred.
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    Executive Moves

    AECOM names head of new Water & Environment Advisory business

    Jill Hudkins, previously a strategic advisor with Tetra Tech, will serve as chief executive.

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    Balfour Beatty partners to develop 3D-printing materials

    Together with materials firm Versarien, the London-based builder will develop a variety of mortars for use in civil construction.

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    Q&A

    Shawmut founder builds global healthcare projects in retirement

    Jim Ansara helps run a nonprofit dedicated to providing sustainable medical facilities in countries like Haiti and Sierra Leone.

  • Construction continues on a mixed-use apartment complex
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    Economic Reports

    Project abandonments drop amid contractor optimism

    Both private and public sectors appear to be benefitting from falling interest rates and a positive outlook, according to a construction economist.

  • A rendering of new construction, completed, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto.
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    PCL, HammerTech sign multiyear safety tech agreement

    The software will help the builder gather more sophisticated data around safety to inform decision-making toward its “zero incident” goal.

  • Loper decision ending Chevron deference doctrine
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    Deep Dive

    Chevron decision may lead to environmental suits, permit delays

    The Loper Bright and Corner Post rulings could open the National Environmental Policy Act, OSHA’s heat standard and other regulations to challenges, legal experts say.

  • Dockworkers strike outside of the Port of Newark in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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    ILA port strike ends with tentative deal

    The agreement, which extends the parties’ master agreement, comes three days after a strike commenced at East and Gulf Coast ports.

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    Project Wins

    Navy targets Tutor Perini JV for $113M missile facility build

    Sited at U.S. Naval Base Guam, the project includes a single-story, 57,664-square-foot structure on a deep pile foundation. 

  • Two women in the cab of a heavy construction machine.
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    Column // Help Wanted

    Colorado nonprofit introduces young women to the trades

    Some girls never consider construction as a career, so Transportation & Construction Girl offers education and hands-on experience.

  • DPR continues facade installation in December 2023 on the rear of the Sandra R. Berman Pavilion in Towson, Maryland.
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    On site: DPR advances Maryland hospital expansion

    The $72 million Sandra R. Berman Pavilion and $73 million Louis and Phyllis Friedman Building will serve as the new home for cancer care at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center hospital.

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    Q&A

    Could Gen Z be the next toolbelt generation?

    Contractors can recruit this group of workers with benefits like tuition reimbursement, mental health counseling and even pet insurance, according to an industry executive.

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    Dockworkers’ strike could lead to material delays

    Work stoppages across East and Gulf Coast ports may cause product shortages, price hikes and delivery issues, construction experts say.

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    Economic Reports

    Construction job openings leap monthly by record amount

    After several months of cooling, which experts speculate was mostly confined to the residential sector, unfilled positions increased by 138,000 in August.

  • A rendering of a modern looking building that stands across a river.
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    Project Milestones

    Consigli breaks ground on $500M Maine higher-ed campus

    The superstructure of a 245,000-square-foot research building will be partially built with mass timber to reduce embodied carbon and emissions on the project.

    Updated Oct. 2, 2024
  • Power crews work on the lines after Hurricane Helene
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    2M households still without power after Helene; some local grids must ‘be completely rebuilt’

    Multiple utilities say they will need to totally reconstruct, rather than repair, electric systems in the hardest-hit areas.

  • A wall of glass bricks sit on a lawn in front of an old building.
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    Glass houses? MIT pilots translucent bricks

    Researchers recycled crushed bottles to 3D-print multilayered blocks as strong as concrete, according to the university.

  • Construction work is done around the Federal Reserve building on September 17, 2024 in Washington, DC.
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    Economic Reports

    Public projects keep nonresidential construction afloat

    Government funding accounted for the entirety of the monthly increase in spending, according to ABC's chief economist.