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    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.

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    Applying AI on construction jobsites: Where it actually delivers value

    AI that works for contractors: practical applications in data entry, drawings and progress tracking.

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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 June 3, 2025
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    $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 3 hours ago
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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Opinion

    Has 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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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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    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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    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.

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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.