The Latest
-
Matthew Thibault/Construction Dive
2026’s top construction conferences
It’s time to plan for the year to come. Construction Dive has you covered with a full list of the industry conferences and expos on tap for 2026.
-
Getty Images
Top construction-related podcasts
The AEC industry boasts a vast offering of informative, on-demand programs. Here are some to add to your playlist.
Updated June 3, 2025 -
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images
Tutor Perini subsidiary stamps $35.8M USACE contract
Tutor Perini Management Services will build a 56,000-square-foot tool and die facility at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Middleton.
-
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images via Getty Images
Fed’s rate cut boosts existing construction projects, more needed to spur new builds
The central bank’s 25-basis-point cut adds to a steady easing cycle, but contractors say it’s unlikely to stimulate a surge in new nonresidential construction starts.
-
Courtesy of Turner Construction
7 construction project milestones from November 2025
Contractors notched up progress on water, infrastructure and stadium projects.
-
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images via Getty Images
Construction job openings were ‘extraordinarily low’ in October
The latest federal data shows muted labor demand along with a sharp drop in hiring, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis.
-
Getty Images
Efficient buildings attract high prices, but agent knowledge is low: NAR
Hard costs like utilities and operations are a top buying and leasing consideration, but not all agents see value in promoting those, according to an August survey.
-
Getty Images
AI nears ‘tipping point’ in construction as contractors pilot tech: survey
Beyond a noted optimism, however, over half of surveyed builders expressed concerns about data accuracy and security, per Dodge Construction Network.
-
Courtesy of Solstice Advanced Materials
Garco lands $200M semiconductor expansion project
The job, which recently broke ground in Spokane Valley, Washington, will enlarge Solstice Advanced Materials’ production capacity by the end of 2029.
-
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images via Getty Images
Tariffs drive surge in construction project stress
As companies deplete their pre-Liberation Day stockpiles, rising construction costs are pushing owners and developers to cancel builds, according to ConstructConnect.
-
Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images
Facing extreme rainfall and flooding, NYC is turning Brooklyn’s Prospect Park into a natural buffer
A $68 million Bluebelt system includes drainage upgrades, ponds and rain gardens designed to manage intensifying rainfall while easing pressure on the city’s aging sewer system.
-
Courtesy of Alberici
Alberici, JE Dunn land $300M Louisiana shipyard job
The project, which broke ground in November, will add more than 300,000 square feet for the production of autonomous ships.
-
Getty Images
OpinionWhy strategy trumps process in pursuing construction bids
Most contractors have trusted go/no-go criteria. But looking at the bigger picture is also important for jobs that create new opportunities, a consultant writes.
-
Courtesy of Turner Construction
Battery Park City inks PLA for $1.7B NYC resiliency project
Turner Construction and SPC Construction have begun work on the city’s first progressive design-build project, according to a spokesperson.
-
Getty Images
Inflation holds steady, bolstering case for Fed benchmark rate cut
Most Fed watchers and futures traders expect the Federal Reserve will trim the federal funds rate by a quarter point to a range of 3.5% to 3.75% on Dec. 10.
-
Courtesy of HS2
Balfour Beatty touts growth despite US weakness
The U.K. construction market continues to propel the contractor even as its U.S. segment experiences difficulties, according to its end-of-year trading update.
-
Courtesy of Novva
Construction planning falls again, but data center boom continues
Megaprojects are boosting the building pipeline as overall momentum dipped for a second consecutive month, according to Dodge Construction Network.
-
Courtesy of Cain International
$10B One Beverly Hills project goes vertical
Turner is overseeing overall construction in the ultralux mixed-use development, while Layton and Suffolk build its two residential towers and PCL leads construction on its Aman Hotel.
Updated Dec. 9, 2025 -
Andrew Harnik via Getty Images
H-1B visa applicants will now have their social media scrutinized
The move is the latest measure from President Donald Trump’s administration to make the immigration process more stringent.
-
Spencer Platt/Getty Images via Getty Images
NYC pegs $7B in work to new project labor agreements
City officials say the framework, which comes amid scrutiny of PLAs at the federal level, strengthens safety and overall construction workforce development efforts.
-
Getty Images
Companies cut 32,000 from payrolls as Fed debates trimming main rate: ADP
Futures traders have increased the odds that the Federal Reserve on Dec. 10 will cut borrowing costs to 89% from 83.4.% last week.
-
Courtesy of BJC HealthCare
McCarthy leverages logistics, prefab on St. Louis hospital tower
Prefabrication elements played a major role in the delivery of the 16-story, 660,000-square-foot Plaza West Tower.
-
Getty Images
OpinionHas your construction firm hit a revenue ceiling? You might be the problem.
When growth stalls in a building business, sometimes an owner’s best move is to get out of the way, writes a construction consultant.
-
Getty Images
Smart permitting, phase-out of diesel generators could curb data center impacts
A look at what’s happening in California shows that even in an environmentally progressive state, unhealthy emissions and resource depletion is a problem needing a solution, an academic report says.
-
Courtesy of Ferrovial
Ferrovial wins $721M in Texas water projects
Work includes a 105-foot-deep pump station and a major plant expansion in Austin and Fort Worth, Texas, according to the contractor.
