Commercial Building

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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.

    By • Dec. 3, 2025
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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.

    By Robert Freedman • Dec. 3, 2025
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    Trendline

    Preconstruction

    Careful collaboration before shovels hit dirt is key to a successful project, experts say.

    By Construction Dive staff
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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.

    By • Dec. 2, 2025
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    AstraZeneca to invest $2B in Maryland manufacturing expansion

    The move would onshore production of its rare disease products at an existing facility in Frederick and build a clinical research drug factory in Gaithersburg.

    By Nathan Owens • Dec. 2, 2025
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    Construction Dive’s 2025 Holiday Lights contest kicks off

    Enter your brightest jobsite photos by Dec. 16 for a chance to be featured in our roundup of festive cheer across the construction industry.

    By • Dec. 1, 2025
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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.

    By Sara Samora • Dec. 1, 2025
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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.

    By • Dec. 1, 2025
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    Q&A

    How Big-D Construction uses Planera to avoid ‘death by 1,000 paper cuts’

    The Salt Lake City-based contractor deployed the scheduling tech to simplify a traditionally cumbersome task, said Chief Operating Officer Troy Thompson.

    By • Nov. 26, 2025
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    The World Cup is coming to Atlanta, spurring a historic district’s rebirth

    With new pedestrian zones, adaptive reuse projects and a focus on local business, Underground Atlanta aims to make downtown thrive long after the soccer fans have gone home.

    By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Nov. 26, 2025
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    Meta taps Mortenson for $1B Wisconsin data center

    The Minneapolis-based general contractor plans to use BIM coordination, live digital underground utility mapping, drone data capture and robotic automated construction layout on the job.

    By • Nov. 21, 2025
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    $2.1B NFL stadium in Tennessee tops out

    The Tennessee Builders Alliance, which includes Turner and AECOM Hunt, placed the last of 12,400 steel beams on the Titans’ new home.

    By • Nov. 21, 2025
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    Opinion

    Want project owners to treat you as a partner? Emit authority, not agreeability.

    Although fulfilling requests may keep a customer happy, part of a contractor’s job is to bring experience and perspective. That can mean saying “no,” writes a consultant.

    By Matt Verderamo • Nov. 21, 2025
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    Rockwell Automation to build Wisconsin factory as part of $2B US expansion

    The facility will house more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space and allow customers to see its automation and digital solutions in action on-site.

    By Nathan Owens • Nov. 21, 2025
  • With the sun shining brightly behind it, a one-story building sits in the center of the photo, shadowed. The word "McKinstry" is visible above a door on the left.
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    McKinstry grows bigger in Texas

    Headquartered in Seattle, the integrated services provider said economic growth and the data center boom spurred it to open two new offices and a fabrication shop in the Lone Star State.

    By • Nov. 20, 2025
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    McCarthy uses prefab components on $185M ASU facility

    The structure is Arizona State University’s first to employ various offsite processes, which include multitrade corridor racks and prefabricated enclosure panels.

    By • Nov. 20, 2025
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    ‘Treat ICE like a vampire’ — and 5 more tips for dealing with law enforcement at work

    Every employer should devise a response plan, a former DHS attorney said Friday at an American Bar Association event.

    By Kate Tornone • Nov. 19, 2025
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    Turner-Walsh JV tops out on $850M Illinois stadium

    The project team placed the final beam for Northwestern University’s Ryan Field in Evanston, reportedly the costliest venue in college football.

    By • Nov. 18, 2025
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    Las Vegas MGM Grand completes $300M remodel

    In addition to an overhaul of the main tower’s 3,969 rooms and suites, the project added 111 suites to the hotel’s collection.

    By Lara Ewen • Nov. 18, 2025
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    Skanska starts ‘surgical deconstruction’ of Atlanta MARTA canopy

    The firm is conducting the removal of a massive concrete structure as a part of a $230 million reimagining of the rapid transit system’s Five Points Station.

    By • Nov. 17, 2025
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    Turner rolls out Clearstory’s change order tech

    The New York City-based contractor will implement the startup’s solution, which it has used on over 350 projects, across jobsites for all project teams.

    By • Nov. 17, 2025
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    Opinion

    Data center volatility, batteries and the electric grid’s new reality

    Every data center is about to play a role in grid stability whether it wants to or not, writes TerraFlow Energy’s Amanda Simonian.

    By Amanda Simonian • Nov. 17, 2025
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    Q&A

    Projects need builder input on design: Jacobs New York strategy lead

    Alison Landry, who joined the Dallas-based contractor in September, says her architecture background impacts her view of including contractors at the beginning of jobs.

    By • Nov. 17, 2025
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    Micron delays construction at $100B New York megafab

    Based on building timelines for other semiconductor plants, the tech company decided to push the start of the project to next year and stretch building phases through 2041.

    By • Nov. 14, 2025
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    Opinion

    4 ways contractors can lock in year-end tax wins in 2025

    Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, decisions made before Dec. 31 can have long-term impacts on cash flow, project pricing and capital budgets, writes a construction accountant.

    By Chris Coleman • Nov. 14, 2025
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    2.4-GW New Jersey offshore wind project canceled by developer

    “The offshore wind industry has experienced economic and regulatory conditions that have made the development of new offshore wind energy projects extremely difficult,” Invenergy said in a regulatory filing. 

    By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 14, 2025