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2025’s top construction conferences
Construction Dive rounds up the industry conferences, expos and meetings on tap this year.
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Sponsored by FIRMUSAI: Your career catalyst (not your replacement)
How construction professionals are leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance expertise, eliminate tedious tasks and deliver superior project outcomes.
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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.
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DOL orders staff not to enforce Biden-era independent contractor rule
The Labor Department is still considering whether to rescind the rule, which faces ongoing litigation, it said Thursday.
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PCL to open Phoenix office
A 20-year company vet will lead the charge in the contractor's push to bolster its commercial building focus in the region.
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Granite shrugs off tariff impacts, hints at new IIJA
The California-based civil builder’s CEO said the firm hasn’t been hampered by levies and that there’s political will in Congress for a follow-on infrastructure law.
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Economic ReportsConstruction spending plummets on tariff fears
Data centers are “perhaps the only remaining source of industry momentum” as most private sectors pulled back in March, according to ABC’s chief economist.
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Recordable SIFs drop, but there’s more work to be done
Though the number of serious injuries and fatalities declined in a recent report, the overall fatality rate in construction has stagnated in the last decade.
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Policy uncertainty could trigger ‘recession’ for renewables, analyst says
A lack of clarity surrounding tariffs and tax credits has triggered steep declines in funding for renewable energy in the first quarter of 2025, per Mercom Capital Group.
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Economic ReportsConstruction hiring slows to lowest rate ever recorded
New job numbers point to a decreased demand for labor across the industry, according to Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis.
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‘I can’t find any help’: Employers scramble to solve worker shortages caused by immigration crackdowns
President Donald Trump recently said the government would seek to let some undocumented persons return to the country “if they’re good,” but he was scant on details.
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Q&ATariff fears ‘settling down’: Graycor Southwest lead
Brett Helm talks with Construction Dive about policy worries, semiconductor competition and power constraints for data centers.
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Project WinsJacobs-McCourt books $99M Boston-area road project
The contractors expect to wrap up work on Massachusett’s first diverging diamond interchange by mid-2030.
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DOT will cut funds to transportation projects with DEI: Duffy
The U.S. transportation secretary also told funding recipients that they need to cooperate with immigration officers or potentially face civil or criminal prosecution.
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Trader Joe’s continues its store growth zeal
The specialty grocer opened two locations earlier this month and has 20 more in the pipeline for this year.
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Executive MovesDome Construction picks Matoza for CFO role
The South San Francisco-based contractor was an early player in the biotech and advanced manufacturing construction markets.
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NFL’s Commanders ink $4B stadium deal
Washington, D.C.'s football team will return to the site of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, where the franchise played on its way to three Super Bowl titles.
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April 2025: Contractors report their latest awards
Construction Dive rounds up the newest project wins from some of the country’s biggest builders including Moss, Fluor and Herzog.
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Q&A // ConTech ConversationsInnovate for craftworkers, and tech will follow: Mortenson exec
Trent Mostaert, vice president of industrialization for the Minneapolis-based firm, says that a person-centered approach is key to implementing technology.
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Column // The Dotted LineHow contractors can mitigate the risks of joint ventures
JVs allow firms to combine resources, but contracts need careful wording to avoid disputes, attorneys say.
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IBM pledges $150B toward US-based manufacturing, research
The investment plans include $30 billion for domestic mainframe and quantum computing development, the company said Monday.
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$2.4B Inglewood people mover mothballed
The city council approved a new phased approach to its Transit Connector project that will instead emphasize new bus lanes ahead of the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Project MilestonesGilbane breaks ground on $84M Massachusetts college modernization
Salem State University’s BOLD project will add a geothermal wellfield to support heating and cooling of the forthcoming facilities.
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Project Milestones$1.3B San Diego border station snares new funding
The DOT announced a $150 million grant for the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry and removed Biden-era clean construction requirements.
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Google pours billions into AI, cyber and infrastructure expansion
The tech giant's cloud profits more than doubled year over year as it invested more than $17 billion, primarily in servers and data centers.
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Project WinsBalfour Beatty nabs $889M Texas highway job
The U.S. arm of the London-based builder will reconstruct a 2.3-mile section of I-30 on the east side of Dallas County.
