Commercial Building: Page 11

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    NYC zoning changes, high vacancy rates drive office conversion activity

    Shifting financial conditions, housing shortages and programs that help building owners evaluate conversions have accelerated activity, Cushman & Wakefield says. 

    By Joe Burns • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Project Wins

    September 2025: Contractors report their latest awards

    Construction Dive rounds up the newest project wins from some of the country’s biggest builders including McDermott, Jacobs and Tutor Perini.

    By • Oct. 7, 2025
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Construction Dive

    Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.

    By Construction Dive staff
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    JM Smucker to spend over $120M on Hostess plant expansion

    The Twinkies owner was acquired two years ago for $5.6 billion, but has since seen demand wane amid inflation and an uptick in the use of GLP-1 drugs.

    By Christopher Doering • Oct. 6, 2025
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    Zachry Construction acquires Texas water infrastructure firm

    The deal will help Zachry hone in on the fast-growing water construction market.

    By • Oct. 3, 2025
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    DOE cancels $7.6B in clean energy awards in states that voted against Trump

    “Our democracy is badly broken when a president can illegally suspend projects for Blue states in order to punish his political enemies,” said Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

    By Robert Walton • Oct. 3, 2025
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    Tennessee hospital selects team for $1B facility

    The joint venture of Turner, Flintco, Nickson General Contractors and Fifer & Associates will lead construction on the Memphis medical center.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    Cleveland Browns tap AECOM Hunt-Turner JV for $2.4B NFL stadium

    The duo that has built multiple professional football venues will lead the charge on the New Huntington Bank Field in Brook Park, Ohio.

    By • Oct. 2, 2025
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    Crane count drops 44% across North American cities

    Major markets showed fewer of the hallmarks of building activity for the second consecutive report, according to Rider Levett Bucknall.

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    Builders slow to adopt AI despite perceived benefits

    A survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors found that although builders rate artificial intelligence highly, implementation on jobsites lags.

    By • Oct. 1, 2025
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    2026’s top construction conferences

    Building pros can plan out their 2026 event schedules with Construction Dive’s guide to the top construction industry conferences and expos.

    By • Updated April 17, 2026
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    Government shutdown threatens to stall federal construction projects

    A funding lapse would suspend operations completely on most cost-type contracts, as well as on related state and local work.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    For data center contracts, it’s all about the fine print

    Projects in the sector require specialized labor from workers who often have temporary immigration status, which creates compliance challenges for owners and developers.

    By • Sept. 30, 2025
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    Tech giants unveil 5 new data center sites

    The projects bring the Stargate initiative’s pipeline, including its flagship campus in Abilene, Texas, to $400 billion in investments.

    By • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Bally’s debuts plans for luxury Las Vegas resort at Tropicana site

    At the same location as the new Athletics MLB ballpark, Bally’s will develop two hotel towers with 3,000 rooms, an entertainment venue, casino and more.

    By Jenna Graber • Sept. 29, 2025
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    US Steel approves $300M in factory investments, JD Fields expands to Maryland

    Meanwhile, Fujifilm Biotechnologies opened a North Carolina manufacturing center, New Balance completed its Maine expansion and Owens Corning selected Alabama for a shingle plant.

    By Nathan Owens • Sept. 29, 2025
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    USACE breaks ground on $332M Alaska training center

    The facility, located at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, will help the military simulate realistic combat.

    By • Sept. 29, 2025
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    Jacobs scores $3.3B add-on for LA colleges modernization

    The five-year contract extends the Dallas-based contractor’s role in one of the nation’s largest higher education construction programs.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
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    Rosendin buys new HQ space amid data center surge

    The move better positions the company to grow and leverage its Silicon Valley location for talent and potential work.

    By • Updated Sept. 26, 2025
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    Lilly to build $6.5B Houston factory for its first obesity pill

    The Houston facility is the second of four manufacturing sites Lilly plans to unveil this year in the U.S. Last week the firm unveiled another $5 billion facility in Virginia.

    By Nathan Owens • Sept. 25, 2025
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    Los Angeles greenlights controversial $2.6B convention center

    Despite concerns about L.A.'s fiscal health and the project’s impacts, the job will proceed as the city prepares for the 2028 Summer Olympics.

    By • Sept. 25, 2025
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    Revolution Wind to resume construction after judge grants injunction

    The project’s developers are likely to succeed in their claims, and the project is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, Judge Royce Lamberth ruled.

    By Diana DiGangi • Sept. 24, 2025
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    On Site

    On site: Digging into National Geographic’s museum build

    HITT Contracting leaned heavily on design-assist and digital modeling to integrate systems across four historic buildings for the Museum of Exploration.

    By • Sept. 24, 2025
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    5 NFL teams pursue stadium plans

    Franchises are moving the ball down the field on large, multibillion-dollar projects.

    By • Sept. 23, 2025
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    New FERC Chairman Rosner outlines priorities: ‘We need to build, build, build.’

    At the agency's open meeting, Commissioner Lindsay See highlighted the tension between issuing orders swiftly and ensuring those decisions are “worth their weight” in court.

    By Ethan Howland • Sept. 23, 2025
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    Opinion

    Why builders should focus on the ‘tone’ of a project from the start

    By assessing language and communicating clearly about public project costs, builders can vastly improve project delivery, writes Clayton Gilliland, president of Stacy Witbeck.

    By Clayton Gilliland • Sept. 23, 2025