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    Suffolk touts its 2025 contech startup picks

    As builders grow more technologically literate, the Boston-based contractor showcased the cohorts of its sixth BOOST contech startup accelerator.

  • A far-out skyshot of a large facility that sits on a new construction site. The long building stretches to the edge of the frame.
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    Courtesy of Swinerton
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    Swinerton, Timberlab top out mass timber factory

    Scheduled for completion in 2027, the 192,000-square-foot facility, made with glue-laminated timber, is expected to be one of the largest cross-laminated timber manufacturing plants in the U.S.

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    Courtesy of Lee Friesland/Virginia Tech
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    Opinion

    Why adopting better helmets in construction is a no-brainer

    Type II helmets better protect workers from fatal falls, yet are underused, writes the director of Virginia Tech’s helmet safety research lab.

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    Walmart, other retailers to 3D-print more than 12 projects

    Contractor FMGI claims it can have AI-trained robots operating 24/7, supported by a team of five human operators.

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    Opinion

    Stop emailing people on the jobsite. Talk to them instead.

    A newly appointed JE Dunn superintendent writes about why actually speaking face to face in the field can increase the overall efficiency of a build. 

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    Construction costs climb for 5th straight month

    Rising materials prices are keeping procurement unpredictable for contractors, said Macrina Wilkins, senior research analyst at Associated General Contractors of America.

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    Fluor kicks off $671M Texas highway rebuild

    The Irving, Texas-based contractor expects work along a 12-mile stretch of State Highway 6 to wrap up by the end of 2030, per a company news release.

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    Data center developer breaks ground on $3B Virginia campus

    The 900-megawatt campus will span multiple phases with full buildout expected by 2035, according to CleanArc Data Centers.

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    Opinion

    4 strategies to boost recruiting through employer branding

    Retaining and upskilling construction workers requires a clear message and follow-through on employer culture, writes a strategic communication leader.

  • Workers put up scaffolding on a building owned by the contract manufacturer Foxconn International Holdings Ltd on November 28, 2010 in Shenzhen, China.
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    Foxconn to spend $569M expanding Wisconsin factory

    The investment comes days after the Apple product manufacturer announced a collaboration deal with OpenAI.

  • A general view of the Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas.
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    Builders leaned on infrastructure amid shutdown uncertainty

    Four years after the passage of the IIJA, funding remained strong during Q3 2025 as public contractors dug into civil jobs and the ongoing data center boom.

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    Permission granted by Big-D Construction
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    Q&A

    How Big-D Construction uses Planera to avoid ‘death by 1,000 paper cuts’

    The Salt Lake City-based contractor deployed the scheduling tech to simplify a traditionally cumbersome task, said Chief Operating Officer Troy Thompson.

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    The World Cup is coming to Atlanta, spurring a historic district’s rebirth

    With new pedestrian zones, adaptive reuse projects and a focus on local business, Underground Atlanta aims to make downtown thrive long after the soccer fans have gone home.

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    Column

    Why ChatGPT (still) needs a construction lawyer

    Large language models can generate a construction contract. Doing so is unnecessarily risky, attorneys said.

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    Opinion

    What commercial builders miss about Gen Z and the labor shortage

    It’s not just about attracting younger workers to the industry. It’s also about keeping them once they’re here, writes a construction principal.

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    (2025). "Public Safety Center Construction Site looking North, taken on September 1, 2025." [Photograph]. Retrieved from Lake County, Ohio.
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    Gilbane team tops out $205M Ohio jail

    The combined facility and sheriff’s office will span 250,000 square feet and is scheduled to open in 2027.

  • Construction continues on the Hudson Gateway Tunnel project in New York City
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    Federal shutdown pushed construction project stress higher

    Public project abandonments surged during the government closure in October, though November’s reopening could ease some pressure.

  • A general view of the Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas.
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    Construction starts surge 21%, led by multibillion-dollar projects

    Megaproject construction, including data center and manufacturing work, boosted overall groundbreakings in October, according to Dodge Construction Network.

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    With flat revenues and increasing costs, more cities are tightening their belts

    Fiscal confidence among city finance officers is plunging as COVID-era federal aid winds down, a National League of Cities survey found.

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    Courtesy of Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
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    Virginia starts construction in Alexandria to improve passenger rail

    A series of projects will increase capacity for Amtrak and commuter rail service in Northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., area.

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    Courtesy of Turner Construction
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    $2.1B NFL stadium in Tennessee tops out

    The Tennessee Builders Alliance, which includes Turner and AECOM Hunt, placed the last of 12,400 steel beams on the Titans’ new home.

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    Meta taps Mortenson for $1B Wisconsin data center

    The Minneapolis-based general contractor plans to use BIM coordination, live digital underground utility mapping, drone data capture and robotic automated construction layout on the job.

  • With the sun shining brightly behind it, a one-story building sits in the center of the photo, shadowed. The word "McKinstry" is visible above a door on the left.
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    McKinstry grows bigger in Texas

    Headquartered in Seattle, the integrated services provider said economic growth and the data center boom spurred it to open two new offices and a fabrication shop in the Lone Star State.

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    Jacobs reports 5x jump in data center pipeline

    CEO Bob Pragada pointed to data centers, life science builds, semiconductor fabs and water infrastructure as core drivers for next year on the company’s fiscal fourth quarter earnings call.

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    Opinion

    Want project owners to treat you as a partner? Emit authority, not agreeability.

    Although fulfilling requests may keep a customer happy, part of a contractor’s job is to bring experience and perspective. That can mean saying “no,” writes a consultant.