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Big contractors seek to standardize safety language

Workers find hazard planning and identification vary from jobsite to jobsite. Construction Safety Week leaders are looking to adopt the same vocabulary.

The hidden cost of rapid infrastructure growth in Texas

As billions flow into transportation, water and public works, the push to build faster may be putting construction quality at risk, an infrastructure builder writes.

AECOM Hunt, Turner JV launch $2.4B Cleveland Browns stadium project

Shovels hit dirt April 30 on the new NFL venue despite a lingering class-action lawsuit challenging $600 million in state funding.

Turner Construction shares AI safety tech with broader industry

The New York City-based contractor developed SafeT Coach and tested it across its jobsites with tens of thousands of interactions.

Drugmaker AbbVie chooses North Carolina for $1.4B manufacturing campus

The 185-acre site will be the company’s largest single investment to date, with a focus on small-volume parenteral products like vials and prefilled syringes.

Major contractors are ‘All In Together’ for Construction Safety Week

This year’s theme focuses on recognizing, responding and respecting, which applies not only to serious hazards on the jobsite but to the tradespeople performing the work.

Senators introduce bill to enforce Buy America compliance

The legislation follows an Office of Inspector General audit that found the FAA failed to include required Buy American-related clauses in contracts funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Lessons from Maine’s data center moratorium debate for construction

Data center partners at K&L Gates, a Pittsburgh-based law firm, discuss statewide limits, the 20-megawatt cap and construction activity. 

Border, data center work drive Granite’s revenues higher

Federal contracts now represent about 15% of the infrastructure builder’s business, while site prep for data centers is approaching 10% of its total work, according to a Q1 2026 earnings call.

Punch List: McCarthy tops out laser facility, Miami firm names first new CEO in 58 years

Plus, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $30 million highway and bridge projects and California’s proposed water tunnel took a step forward.

Kiewit ‘off-ramped’ from Baltimore’s Key Bridge rebuild

The Maryland Transportation Authority informed the firm Tuesday that it would not be retained for the next phase of the project’s construction, which has seen its cost balloon.

Updated April 29, 2026

Multifamily housing starts rose in March, but permits fell

The Northeast region showed the greatest strength in overall new residential construction, per a new report from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Fed holds main rate steady, notes risks to jobs, inflation from Iran war

Jerome Powell said after the end of his term as Federal Reserve chair in May he will remain on the board as a governor to help ensure the Fed is free of political interference.

$1.45B Chicago airport project goes vertical

The AECOM Hunt Clayco Bowa JV has reached a milestone on the job, which will add 19 gates to Concourse D at O’Hare International Airport.

Garney breaks ground on $1.2B Florida wastewater treatment facility

The Kansas City, Missouri-based contractor expects the facility to begin treating initial flows by September 2028, with full project completion slated for 2030.

How the trades figured out the best use for AI

Builders working on jobsites have had to leverage the tech out of necessity, leading to surprising advantages, a tech exec writes.

Granite scoops up Utah infrastructure contractor

The California-based firm bought Kenny Seng Construction, which focuses on earthwork and site preparation as well as managing a gravel pit and recycling yard. 

ASCE flags risks after Trump administration fires National Science Foundation board

The NSF's research supported resilient building for withstanding natural disasters, ASCE President Marsha Anderson Bomar said in a statement.

US hotel construction pipeline down roughly 5% YOY in Q1 2026

Despite the decline, the luxury segment reached a record 102 projects in the quarter, up 16% year over year, per a Lodging Econometrics report.

Chicago breaks ground on $5.7B Red Line transit extension

The addition, the largest capital project in the Chicago Transit Authority’s history, will give the city’s Far South Side area access to rapid rail transit for the first time.

Traylor, Walsh, Skanska JV wins $1.29B Hudson Tunnel work package

After a funding battle threatened the project, the latest award advances the final tunneling segment beneath the Hudson River and pushes the $16 billion program closer to completion.

FlatironDragados, Acciona turn dirt on $4.6B P3 highway project

The State Route 400 Express Lanes project in Georgia will add tolled express lanes along the thoroughfare over the course of three segments of construction.

Updated April 28, 2026

$1.1B available for railroad grade-crossing safety

The Crossing Safety Program aims to address the over 2,000 collisions and nearly 300 fatalities yearly since 2021.

What’s really driving volatility in construction cost estimates

Clients often take early projections as gospel. Instead, builders should educate them on how the numbers can change, write two consultants.

Worker misclassification in construction leads to competitive imbalance: report

The Economic Policy Institute put a spotlight on how worker misclassification can cost individuals thousands in benefits while distorting the bidding process.