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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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    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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    Q&A

    Healthcare construction bucks broader building slowdown

    Flexible design, early planning and resiliency are driving steady momentum in the space, says Derek Gregg, vice president of operations at Robins & Morton.

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    Executive Moves

    Sundt promotes from within for Southwest division leader

    Stew Grauer will serve as senior vice president and district manager for the region, which includes the Arizona-based contractor’s home turf.

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    Union calls for return of ‘unlawfully’ deported tradesworker

    SMART characterized the U.S. government’s removal of first-year apprentice Kilmar Abrego Garcia as "unconscionable." Monday, El Salvador’s president said he wouldn’t coordinate his return.

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    Cumming Group merges with semiconductor advisory firm

    The move, with World Wide Professional Services, comes amid a boom for semiconductor projects as public and private groups invest in the space.

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    Office demand remains resilient in Q1, despite economic uncertainty

    Sublease availability and new construction deliveries continue to decline, creating the conditions for “cautious optimism” in the sector, Cushman & Wakefield says. 

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    Economic Reports

    Tariff fallout hits contractor confidence

    Over 40% of contractors anticipate a slowdown in profit margins in the next six months, according to Associated Builders and Contractors.

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    Project Milestones

    $4B blue ammonia plant set for Louisiana

    CF Industries, the world’s largest ammonia producer, is teaming up with Japan’s Jera and Mitsui to build the Blue Point Complex in Ascension Parish.

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    New Releases

    New construction technology releases: April 2025

    Offerings this month cover preconstruction, a new reporting tool and a timber design platform.

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    Opinion // Business Matters

    Why do we set up new hires to fail?

    The construction industry must move away from "sink-or-swim" training and instead provide early career workers with the coaching they need, writes consultant Fulton Cure.

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    Nvidia to spend $500B to manufacture AI chips in US

    The chipmaker will work with TSMC, Foxconn, Amkor and others to produce its Blackwell chip and other artificial intelligence infrastructure in Arizona and Texas. 

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    Economic Reports

    Construction materials costs rise for third month on tariff pressures

    Contractors are receiving price hike notices on several key inputs, complicating efforts to plan and budget new projects.

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    Executive Moves

    Gilbane taps NYC construction veteran as city business leader

    Raquel Diaz, who previously worked for AECOM Tishman and Turner Construction, boasts more than $2.8 billion of project deliveries in the Big Apple.

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    Opinion

    The AI infrastructure race hits a political reality check

    The AI-driven data center boom has created demand for land, electricity and water, a dynamic that has spawned growing opposition from communities, utility grid operators and regulators.

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    Tariff tensions threaten Canada’s construction market

    In response to a trade war that experts say will hurt contractors in both countries, some Canadian jurisdictions have blocked U.S. firms from bidding on government contracts.

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    Rosendin to demo robotic solar panel installers on Texas jobsite

    The electrical contractor claims the tech will triple installation speeds, enhance worker safety and help address the industry’s persistent labor shortage.

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    Project Milestones

    Lane delivers $97.5M Florida road overhaul

    The Connecticut-based firm widened lanes and improved on-ramps on I-275 near Tampa, Florida.

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    Project Milestones

    McCarthy starts $326M Phoenix airport job

    The concourse will ease capacity issues at Terminal 3, which serves 25% of the airport’s passenger traffic annually.

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    Amid tariff turmoil, Novartis commits to spending $23B on US manufacturing

    Novartis expects the new capacity will allow it to produce all of its key medicines “end to end” in the U.S., as the Trump administration buffets global trade with tariffs.

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    Economic Reports

    Construction planning falters

    Uncertainty around impacts from tariffs likely weighed on development decisions, said Sarah Martin, associate director of forecasting at Dodge Construction Network.

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    Chicago asks city contractors to cut invoices by 3%

    The request to firms that had already signed contracts, sent by the city’s chief procurement officer, could put significant strain on small builders.

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    Trades group sues federal government over PLA exemption

    NABTU argues that a Biden-era executive order mandating project labor agreements is still in effect, despite the Trump administration’s moves to curb their use.

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    Deep Dive

    Trump’s immigration enforcement against employers has been gradual. That may soon change.

    Worksite visits and arrests at smaller worksites are already happening. Operations against bigger employers, coupled with the threat of penalties, are likely fast approaching.

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    Economic Reports

    ‘Unwelcome surge’ of project abandonments hits construction

    Developers scrapped nearly twice as many private projects as public ones in March, according to the latest data from ConstructConnect.