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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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    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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    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.

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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.

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    Blue Origin, PPG and more invest in manufacturing facilities

    Additionally, Cleveland-Cliffs provided an update on its Butler Works expansion in Pennsylvania, Xingyu announced its first U.S. facility in North Carolina and Re:Build is tripling production in South Carolina.

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    JE Dunn-Alberici JV breaks ground on $3.2B Texas shipyard

    The greenfield shipyard under construction for military contractor Saronic is the first in the U.S. since World War II, according to the JV.

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    Opinion

    The future of the construction trades depends on what employers do next

    Recruiting more craft workers is key, but investing in career education and upskilling are vital to the labor shortage, writes an executive at Adolfson & Peterson.

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    Fisk Electric wins $24M modular contract for Houston data center

    The win for the subsidiary of Tutor Perini reflects the heavy civil contractor's priority shift toward data centers, which it emphasized on recent earnings calls.

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    Punch List: Bechtel teams with Ted Danson, Hensel Phelps breaks ground on new HQ

    Plus, Sakrete brings back “Concrete Combat,” McCarthy appoints a new exec, HUD taps NIBS for multifamily modular and Rosendin touts its nonprofit’s grants.

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    Education, healthcare projects boosted construction planning in September

    Strength outside the data center boom helped lift the Dodge Momentum Index 3.7% above its September 2025 level.

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    Anduril, US Navy to build $6.6B shipyard in Maryland

    The facility, dubbed Arsenal-2, will manufacture components for Virginia-class submarines. The new project follows DOD’s new Project Meridien initiative, which Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey is co-leading.

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    HITT breaks ground on $500M solid rocket motor manufacturing site

    The new manufacturing plant for Avio USA in Hurt, Virginia, will support tactical missile programs under Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

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    DOL to up minimum wage to $14 per hour for federal contractors

    Despite the increase, the rate remains below Biden-era levels, which hit $15 per hour.