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  • Construction machines hold up an American flag on the site of the $15 billion Lighthouse data center project
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    $15B Stargate data center breaks ground in Wisconsin

    Crews officially began the first phase of construction on the Oracle, OpenAI and Vantage Data Centers facility and expect to complete the project, dubbed Lighthouse, in 2028.

    By • Dec. 19, 2025
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    Retrieved from Bally's Corporation on December 18, 2025
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    3 hotel casinos approved for New York City

    The winning bids went to the Hard Rock, Genting Group’s Resorts World and Bally’s and will see resorts and complexes come to Queens and the Bronx.

    By Lara Ewen • Dec. 19, 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

    Project decisions, not personal productivity, should be AI’s focus

    While getting emails out faster or summarizing meetings is useful, the true game changer from the technology comes down to presenting choices for leaders to make, write two consultants. 

    By Marjan Gholamalipour & Markus Bernhardt • Dec. 19, 2025
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    Minneapolis Fed survey: Nonresidential builders face tighter pipelines, rising costs

    “Uncertainty isn’t going away quickly,” an official said, but data centers and healthcare projects are providing a lifeline.

    By Keith Loria • Dec. 18, 2025
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    Construction disputes in the Americas more about scope than time, money

    Consultancy HKA’s 2025 CRUX report found the region is doing better when it comes to claims arising from schedule and budget than the rest of the world.

    By Keith Loria • Dec. 18, 2025
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    As EPA moves to fast-track data centers, some cities are moving to slow them down

    The EPA is streamlining Clean Air Act permitting to accelerate development. Will local communities pay the price?

    By Robyn Griggs Lawrence • Dec. 18, 2025
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    The top construction technology news of 2025

    Artificial intelligence, data centers, technology adoption and alternative building materials ruled conversations in 2025.

    By • Dec. 17, 2025
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    Foxconn and Anthro Energy among latest companies to invest in US facilities

    Beverage maker Swire Coca-Cola and tractor firm Bad Boy Mowers are also investing in manufacturing facilities to expand domestic production.

    By Nathan Owens • Dec. 16, 2025
  • The new roof at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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    Tropicana Field repairs hurricane-damaged roof with fiberglass panels

    The new roof on the Tampa Bay Rays’ home stadium had to integrate into the existing structure while meeting wind and safety requirements, a contractor says.

    By Joe Burns • Dec. 16, 2025
  • A worker in a blue hard hat and reflective vest stands near a concrete truck, with other construction equipment in the background.
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    Cement producer pauses factory construction after funding pullback

    Sublime Systems, a Somerville, Massachusetts-based low-carbon cement manufacturer, also laid off staff due to the cancellation of an $87 million government grant.

    By • Dec. 12, 2025
  • A rendering of Eli Lilly's planned $6 billion factory coming to Huntsville, Alabama.
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    Lilly to build $6B weight-loss drug factory in Alabama

    This is the third of four planned U.S. manufacturing sites the pharmaceutical giant has unveiled this year, set to bring 450 factory jobs to the Huntsville area.

    By Nathan Owens • Dec. 12, 2025
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    As demand grows, Swinerton taps new mass timber lead

    William Silva, a 15-year Swinerton veteran, will helm the contractor’s new center of excellence focused on the building material.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Efficient buildings attract high prices, but agent knowledge is low: NAR

    Hard costs like utilities and operations are a top buying and leasing consideration, but not all agents see value in promoting those, according to an August survey.

    By Joe Burns • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Courtesy of Mike Groll/Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul
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    Gilbane, DPS top out $614M New York NanoFab project

    The milestone advances a $10 billion effort to bolster nanotech and semiconductor construction in the Empire State.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    7 construction project milestones from November 2025

    Contractors notched up progress on water, infrastructure and stadium projects.

    By • Dec. 10, 2025
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    Fed’s rate cut boosts existing construction projects, more needed to spur new builds

    The central bank’s 25-basis-point cut adds to a steady easing cycle, but contractors say it’s unlikely to stimulate a surge in new nonresidential construction starts.

    By • Dec. 10, 2025
  • The southside view of Solstice Advanced Materials facility groundbreaking site
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    Garco lands $200M semiconductor expansion project

    The job, which recently broke ground in Spokane Valley, Washington, will enlarge Solstice Advanced Materials’ production capacity by the end of 2029.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
  • A rendering of a large facility on the river with the name "Saronic" emblazoned on the side.
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    Alberici, JE Dunn land $300M Louisiana shipyard job

    The project, which broke ground in November, will add more than 300,000 square feet for the production of autonomous ships.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why strategy trumps process in pursuing construction bids

    Most contractors have trusted go/no-go criteria. But looking at the bigger picture is also important for jobs that create new opportunities, a consultant writes. 

    By Chad Prinkey • Dec. 8, 2025
  • Approximately 150 workers were on site to complete the first mat pour at One Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Calif. over the weekend of Nov. 22.
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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.

    By • Updated Dec. 9, 2025
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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.

    By Jerry Aliberti • Dec. 4, 2025
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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.

    By • Dec. 4, 2025
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    Patient privacy, emergency services the focus of $500M hospital project

    The project revamps the emergency department, operating rooms and mechanical systems at the West Islip, New York, hospital, Catholic Health’s facilities lead says. 

    By Joe Burns • Dec. 4, 2025
  • 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.

    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