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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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Deep Dive // 2026 Outlook5 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 needs to happen for urban apartment development to return?
While new supply being absorbed would help multifamily developers underwrite mid- and high-rise projects, regulatory reforms and a boost in demand are also needed.
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Hard Rock plots $850M hospitality project in Puerto Rico
The music-inspired Hard Rock Hotel & Casino San Juan, also slated to offer branded residences, represents the company’s first destination in the territory.
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PCL wins contract on $4B North Dakota gas plant
The general contractor expects the first unit of the power plant to finish in early 2029, and the second unit about one year later in 2030.
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Construction job openings rose to end 2025
Despite an improvement at the end of December, fewer construction workers were hired in 2024 and 2025 compared to recent years, according to Anirban Basu, chief economist for ABC.
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Column5 construction legal trends to watch in 2026
"If you don’t think your team members are using AI, they are," said one attorney, while cautioning contractors to place guardrails around the tech.
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Super Bowl stadium will showcase next-gen digital signage, cybersecurity
The world’s largest outdoor 4K video boards, interconnected LED screens and ribbon boards will provide an immersive game day experience, NFL and tech executives say.
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AI demand boosts Jacobs’ data center, semiconductor pipeline
The Dallas-based contractor reported gains in profit and revenue for its fiscal first quarter in a Tuesday earnings call.
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OpinionWhy the AI boom is different than the dot-com bubble
Real companies with deep pockets are spending hundreds of billions of dollars, creating cash flow for contractors, especially those in the electrical space, write two consultants.
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OpinionIf you haven’t adopted stop-work authority on jobsites, what are you afraid of?
The benefits of giving teams the ability to pause a job for concerns of any size far outweigh the delays, writes an environmental health and safety expert.
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StreetLights Residential starts 20-story high-rise in Dallas
The developer is partnering with Mitsui Fudosan America to build the luxury multifamily tower near The Shops at Park Lane.
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Fortis Construction names new president
Andrea Weisheimer, formerly of DPR Construction and Webcor Builders, will focus on building the Oregon firm’s national presence.
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Q&ARyan Cos. taps new president for South Central region
Nathan Golik talks with Construction Dive about risk, integrated design-build and regional growth trends.
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Construction education nonprofit launches English upskilling program
NCCER partnered with EnGen on a foreman certification initiative to help workers with limited English skills boost career growth opportunities.
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Construction Dive’s December 2025 economic roundup
The waters for construction’s future are clearer as data delayed by the late-2025 government shutdown begins to trickle in.
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Large companies push coworking expansion
Flexible space arrangements are giving organizations a way to offer smaller locations for employees, with the same amenities as corporate headquarters, reports say.
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To streamline construction, White House unveils permitting tool pilot
The program will speed up environmental exclusions, in a move applauded by ASCE, which has emphasized the need for tech that develops infrastructure more efficiently.
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MTA invested record $15.8B to capital projects last year
The historic funding launched the authority’s 2025-2029 capital plan, per a release from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Tariffs lifted nonresidential construction costs 3.2% in 2025
Trade policy will “continue to put upward pressure on certain materials” this year, said Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors.
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Transit-oriented development bill introduced to Congress
The bipartisan Build HUBS Act would incentivize construction of more housing near transit lines nationwide.
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Skanska begins rebuild on $104M Johns Hopkins library
The firm celebrated the end of demolition and the start of vertical construction on the Baltimore project, which it began in July 2024.
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OpinionWhy the EPA’s proposed WOTUS rule matters for construction
By doubling down on the definition established by the U.S. Supreme Court, the proposal gives clarity to a previously murky designation, write two environmental experts at firm Kimley-Horn.
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Amid data center boom, Rosendin parent expands executive structure
Rosendin Holdings, parent firm of the nationwide electrical subcontractor, has adopted a co-president model amid the white-hot AI infrastructure surge.
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Gilbane-Turner JV breaks ground on $1.7B New York public health facility
The five-story, 663,000-square-foot Wadsworth Center will bring five sites together under one roof.
