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    2025’s top construction conferences

    Construction Dive rounds up the industry conferences, expos and meetings on tap this year.

    Updated Jan. 29, 2025
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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.

    Updated March 27, 2025
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    GM to invest $888M in New York to produce next-gen V8 engine

    The automaker will use the funds to install new machinery, equipment, tools and facility renovations at its Tonawanda Propulsion plant.

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    Project Milestones

    Florida’s $328M Sanibel Causeway restoration completed

    The Superior-de Moya team has restored the span, which was damaged by Hurricane Ian in 2022.

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    42% of Gen Z workers say they’re turning to blue-collar roles for security

    Regardless of education level, workers said they’re choosing blue-collar work for better long-term prospects, higher pay and a lower risk of being replaced by AI.

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    The top 10 home builders of 2025

    SH Residential Holdings — the U.S. subsidiary of Japanese home builder Sekisui House — moved from No. 20 to No. 6 this year following its acquisition of M.D.C. Holdings.

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    Executive Moves

    Massachusetts GC taps former Suffolk exec as CFO

    Suzanne Roeder, who held leadership roles at Suffolk and Bain, has joined Bond Brothers during a stretch of rapid expansion.

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    Opinion

    It’s not too late to offset tariffs on existing jobs

    Though increased costs seem inevitable, there are steps owners can take to mitigate potential impacts, even on current projects, write two attorneys.

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    6 contech startups snare a collective $101M

    Safety and progress tracking, workforce management and decarbonization offerings attracted investor cash in funding rounds this quarter.

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    Column // The Dotted Line

    How GCs can cope with problem subs

    Given construction’s labor and skills shortages, primes sometimes need to hire less-than-optimal partners. Here’s how to succeed when that happens.

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    Economic Reports

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of April 2025

    Economic uncertainty and April’s tariff announcements caused groundbreakings to drop sharply, according to a new report from Dodge Construction Network.

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    Opinion

    Navigating the impact of new Buy America requirements on FHWA projects

    With the Manufactured Products General Waiver gone, contractors must prepare for potential cost, schedule and quality control issues, legal experts say.

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    House’s 60-day deadline for IRA eligibility would trigger ‘scramble’: EY experts

    “From a commercial perspective, it's not a unilateral decision most of the time on whether you can begin construction,” said Greg Matlock, a tax leader at EY Americas.

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    Why veterans make good construction leaders

    Former and current military members are well-suited for superintendent and safety manager roles, according to a recent webinar hosted by Skanska and the Society of American Military Engineers.

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    Defense Department must resume use of PLAs, judge says

    A U.S. District Court ruling ordered the agency to return to using project labor agreements on major construction projects to align with a Biden-era executive order.

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    Q&A

    Take breaks, buddy up: Tips for beating the heat

    Ventilated hard hats, “heat buddies” and electrolyte drinks are just a few of the ways that Curran Young Construction helps keep workers cool.

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    Opinion

    Worker safety is in jeopardy if we don’t protect NIOSH

    The agency that has been gutted by recent federal cuts provides the construction industry with vital support, writes a community health professor.

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    Executive Moves

    Granite COO Jim Radich to retire

    The California-based road builder and materials supplier said it doesn’t plan to fill the role and will instead elevate four executives to report directly to CEO Kyle Larkin.

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    Project Wins

    JE Dunn, Nabholz tapped for proposed $825M Arkansas prison

    The controversial 3,000-bed detention facility in Franklin County has yet to secure funding.

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    Stop work order on Empire Wind 1 lifted, Equinor resumes construction

    Statements from New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum imply that the restart approval was related to conversations about the state’s natural gas pipeline capacity.

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    Project Milestones

    Theodore Roosevelt’s $400M mass timber library rises in North Dakota

    Mercer Mass Timber, working with general contractor JE Dunn, is supplying around 1,800 cubic meters of engineered material for the 93,000-square-foot structure.

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    Q&A

    Seattle manager combines sheet metal work with technology

    Over her 13-year career in the industry, Liz Fong has become an expert in software management, process development and coding.

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    Q&A // ConTech Conversations

    With AI, ‘walk before you run’: Skanska USA exec

    The firm's Safety Sidekick chatbot helps employees access data on jobsite conditions to plan toolbox talks and huddles.

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    Economic Reports

    Private delays, abandonments drive project stress higher

    Over the past 12 months, non-public developments placed on hold jumped 40%, while abandonments increased 14.1%, according to ConstructConnect.

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    US DOT opens $1.5B funding round for transit buses and bus facilities

    This year’s funding round, part of the 2021 infrastructure law, drops equity- and sustainability-related requirements.