Sebastian Obando
Senior Reporter | @Sgo96Sebastian Obando is a senior reporter covering the construction industry for Construction Dive, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to Construction Dive, Sebastian covered commercial real estate for the National Real Estate Investor, based in New York City, as well as contributed to Forbes, covering personal investment topics. He has also appeared in Adweek, New York Post and The Washington Post, among others. Sebastian is a graduate of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
905 articles by Sebastian Obando
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Cost spikes hit bevy of construction materials
Sept. 11, 2026 -
Analyzing the US data center construction boom
Sept. 9, 2026 -
Sound Transit delays West Seattle Link project by 3 years
Sept. 9, 2026 -
Data center planning cooled in August as other sectors gained ground
Sept. 9, 2026 -
DOT allocates $481M for airport infrastructure projects
Sept. 4, 2026 -
Amtrak breaks ground on $1B NYC maintenance facility
Sept. 4, 2026 -
Data centers drove all nonresidential construction spending growth in July
Sept. 2, 2026 -
‘It’s about taking care of people’: How top contractors staff data center jobs
Sept. 2, 2026 -
‘Not just a hope and a wish’: How contractors can tap underrepresented communities
Sept. 1, 2026 -
Fluor to wrap $5B Alabama plant construction
Aug. 28, 2026 -
‘There’s got to be a better way’: What Gen Z brings to construction
Aug. 28, 2026 -
Mortenson, Bartlett Cocke win $1.3B NBA Spurs’ arena
Aug. 26, 2026 -
NYC earmarks $4B for ‘deteriorating’ highway
Aug. 25, 2026 -
Kiewit exec sees $1B opportunity in nuclear construction
Aug. 25, 2026 -
What Pennsylvania’s data center rules mean for construction
Aug. 25, 2026 -
Surge in July construction starts reflected megaproject volatility: Dodge
Aug. 21, 2026 -
Bedrock Robotics deploys fully autonomous excavators on jobsites
Aug. 19, 2026 -
Feds halt border construction at Big Bend National Park
Aug. 19, 2026 -
DOT’s $5.3B rail package funds crossings, infrastructure work
Aug. 18, 2026 -
Jacobs JV wins contract on $750M Utah water project
Aug. 18, 2026 -
Construction costs rose 7.4% annually in July
Aug. 14, 2026 -
Construction backlog plummeted to lowest level since January
Aug. 12, 2026 -
AECOM touts data center pipeline amid fiscal Q3 loss
Aug. 11, 2026 -
FAA earmarks $870M for airport infrastructure projects
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Ryan Cos. execs discuss data center headwinds
July 29, 2026