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  • A rendering shows plans for two new leading-edge Intel processor factories in Licking County, Ohio.
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    Construction’s manufacturing boom: Mapping the biggest facilities underway in the US

    Updates include Austin Commercial's contract on TSMC's $40 billion Phoenix plant and Fluor's win on a $1.6 billion Eli Lilly facility in Indiana.

    Updated Sept. 15, 2023
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    Why you should rethink what you know about construction safety

    Safety goes beyond hazard identification. Explore a new perspective, prioritizing workforce well-being and mindset.

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    Racism in Construction

    Workers sue Amazon, contractors for nooses at Connecticut site

    A federal complaint alleges supervisors initially tried to keep the 2021 discovery out of the news before suggesting workers of color planted the items. 

  • Jim Farley (left), CEO of Ford, Bill Ford (center), Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
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    Ford reportedly pausing construction of Michigan EV plant

    The automaker broke the news a day before President Biden heads to Michigan in support of the UAW strike.

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    Column

    The Dotted Line: How to prepare for Davis-Bacon updates

    There are a slew of changes that contractors need to be aware of, or risk paying back wages and penalties.

  • Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaking at a Congressional hearing.
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    Buttigieg grilled over rollout of infrastructure funds by House committee

    Some Republican committee members questioned the pace of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s rollout and its climate and equity aims.

  • Workers repairing an Amtrak tunnel under the Hudson River.
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    Amtrak to triple infrastructure investment over 2 years

    With funding from the 2021 infrastructure law, Amtrak plans major work on bridges, tunnels and other projects.

  • First Solar holds a photo op at the construction site of its $1.1 billion facility in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.
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    2 more manufacturing megaprojects break ground

    Public money is keeping factory construction humming along at a record pace, including for new North Carolina and Louisiana facilities worth $3.6 billion total.

  • General view of an Amazon logo on June 3, 2021.
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    Amazon earmarks $3.5B for Ohio data centers

    The investment marks the initial part of the tech giant’s $7.8 billion commitment to expand data centers in the state.

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    Executive Moves

    Mycon names senior VP for Texas, Arizona

    Rick Dubec will helm the distribution center sector for the Dallas-based firm, which counts multiple Walmart projects in its portfolio.

  • View of the Statue of Liberty in front of the New York City Skyline
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    NY announces first-in-the-nation state concrete mandate

    Set for January 2025, the state’s Buy Clean Concrete rules establishing greenhouse gas emission limits will cover all agency projects.

  • a baby's hands grab for a bottle of milk on a blue background
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    Lactation pods keep nursing moms on the jobsite

    The spaces give women privacy for pumping breast milk, an action that is covered by the federal PUMP Act that went into effect late last year.

  • A sign near an entranceway to Walt Disney World on May 22, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.
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    Disney to invest $60B in parks, cruises over 10 years

    The entertainment conglomerate said it has 1,000 acres ready for possible development at existing sites throughout the country.

  • A collection of people in business attire stand against a backdrop curtain in the middle of a barren area. They have shovels. They are shoving the shovels into the dirt.
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    Economic Reports

    Manufacturing, transportation gains lift construction starts

    Factory project kickoffs continued their tear, rocketing 285% from the month before.

  • Workers prepare to lift a new pedestrian bridge into place at the Stamford Transportation Center on August 26, 2023 in Stamford, Connecticut.
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    Q&A

    Construction M&A deals slow after record run

    A rebound in mergers and acquisitions should come later this year as economic confidence and financing conditions improve, says a banking executive.

  • An artist's depiction shows the design of a new two story visitor center near the water in the Everglades.
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    Project Wins

    Tutor Perini lands $47M Everglades National Park job

    The contractor will build a new visitor center able to withstand hurricane-force winds, a bulkhead and docks at the southern Florida site. 

  • A rendering of Chicago's Red Line Expansion at 103rd street. The computer generated, polygon-based render features a busy street, with an overpass for trains above. A train is zooming by.
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    Feds earmark $2B for Chicago’s Red Line extension

    The city's transit authority got a commitment from Washington for the 5.6-mile extension and has shortlisted three contractors for the job.

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    This $1B federal lab project has been on hold since a worker’s fall in May

    An ironworker plunged approximately 23 feet at Fermilab’s accelerator project near Chicago, sustaining serious injuries including head trauma.

  • A massive round white boring machine is lowered into a concrete-lined hole.
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    $583M stormwater tunnel complete in DC

    A Salini Impregilo and Lane Construction JV built the Northeast Boundary Tunnel, the largest part of a $2.7 billion system in progress.

  • Aerial view of the planned Scout Motors EV plant in Blythewood, South Carolina.
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    3 manufacturing megaprojects delayed by labor, permitting issues

    Teams have hit pause on Scout Motors’ $2 billion EV plant in South Carolina and American Battery Factory’s $1.2 billion facility in Arizona.

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    Deep Dive

    Security has an underlying defect: passwords and authentication

    Cyberattacks are fueled by the shortcomings of business authentication controls. Bad things happen when access falls apart and credentials land in the wrong hands.

  • A sign of the NIBS Building Innovation Conference stands in the Washington Hilton Hotel on Sept. 6
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    NIBS panelists hash out AI adoption

    Precision, performance and materials are three categories where the tech is helping AEC pros, according to a recent conference session.

  • A rendering depicts a planned $1.3 billion baseball stadium
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    Tampa Bay Rays debut $1.3B stadium deal

    The MLB venue in St. Petersburg, Florida, would sit on the same site as the team’s existing Tropicana Field and benefit from $600 million in public money.

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    Executive Moves

    Lendlease names head of development for Americas

    Meg Spriggs will oversee the region’s $21 billion pipeline, which includes projects in New York City, Boston and Chicago.

  • a rendering of a car race on the Las Vegas Strip
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    Major construction in Vegas ahead of Formula 1 race

    The city will see $8 billion worth of projects this year, including some for the Grand Prix in November.

  • Two bridge towers on either side of a river stand tall, with scaffolding and cranes around them.
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    US tower tops out on $5.7B Gordie Howe Bridge

    A Fluor, ACS Infrastructure and Aecon JV is building the project that will span Detroit and Windsor, Canada. Work is entering final stages.