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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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    Preconstruction

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

    By Construction Dive staff
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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
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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
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    Skanska USA announces CFO change

    The American arm of the Stockholm-based contractor will see its financial chief retire at the end of 2025 and a 20-year company veteran fill the role in the new year.

    By • Nov. 13, 2025
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    Toyota to spend additional $10B on US operations

    The automaker also began production at its $13.9 billion electric vehicle battery plant in North Carolina, its first and only such facility outside of Japan.

    By Sara Samora • Nov. 13, 2025
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    Inside one developer’s first high-rise project

    After building lower-density residences, Starlife Group’s Gevorg Shahbazyan is building his first tower in his backyard in Hollywood, Florida.

    By Leslie Shaver • Nov. 12, 2025
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    US construction anchors Skanska’s results

    Though the Stockholm-based firm took write-offs in Q3 due to a weak commercial property market, it has capitalized on data center and infrastructure booms, particularly in the States.

    By • Nov. 12, 2025
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    Sponsored by Hexagon

    Leverage data to contextualize competitive construction

    How digital engineering and data are redefining construction success

    By Marcus Haynes, Senior Manager, Digital Strategy Acceleration – Hexagon’s Asset Lifecycle Intelligence division​​​​​​​ • Nov. 11, 2025
  • Smoke billows from a coal-powered steel plant owned by U.S. Steel in western Pennsylvania.
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    US Steel outlines $14B domestic investment plan with Nippon Steel

    In addition to $11 billion in U.S. facility improvements by 2028, the companies plan to drive operational efficiencies and reduce costs to bolster profitability.

    By Nathan Owens • Nov. 10, 2025
  • Rendering of the planned Vantage data center in Stafford County, Virginia
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    Vantage plans $2B Virginia data center project

    The hyperscaler will deliver the first of a three-building campus in Stafford County by late 2027, according to a news release.

    By • Nov. 7, 2025
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    Supreme Court questions Trump’s tariff powers in landmark case

    Several justices seemed skeptical of the Trump administration's claims of broad tariff authority under a 1977 emergency powers act.

    By Antone Gonsalves • Nov. 7, 2025
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    Contractors’ pay strategies hint at stabilizing job market

    Salary increases driven by labor shortages and inflation have begun to slow, indicating an easing labor market, according to a recent report from an accounting advisory firm.

    By • Nov. 5, 2025