Commercial Building: Page 5

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    Q&A

    Tariff fears ‘settling down’: Graycor Southwest lead

    Brett Helm talks with Construction Dive about policy worries, semiconductor competition and power constraints for data centers.

    By • May 1, 2025
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    Trader Joe’s continues its store growth zeal

    The specialty grocer opened two locations earlier this month and has 20 more in the pipeline for this year.

    By Catherine Douglas Moran • April 30, 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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    April 2025: Contractors report their latest awards

    Construction Dive rounds up the newest project wins from some of the country’s biggest builders including Moss, Fluor and Herzog.

    By Construction Dive Staff • April 30, 2025
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    Column // The Dotted Line

    How contractors can mitigate the risks of joint ventures

    JVs allow firms to combine resources, but contracts need careful wording to avoid disputes, attorneys say.

    By • April 29, 2025
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    NFL’s Commanders ink $4B stadium deal

    Washington, D.C.'s football team will return to the site of Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, where the franchise played on its way to three Super Bowl titles.

    By • April 29, 2025
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    IBM pledges $150B toward US-based manufacturing, research

    The investment plans include $30 billion for domestic mainframe and quantum computing development, the company said Monday.

    By Matt Ashare • April 29, 2025
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    Project Milestones

    Gilbane breaks ground on $84M Massachusetts college modernization

    Salem State University’s BOLD project will add a geothermal wellfield to support heating and cooling of the forthcoming facilities.

    By • April 28, 2025
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    Project Wins

    Balfour Beatty nabs $889M Texas highway job

    The U.S. arm of the London-based builder will reconstruct a 2.3-mile section of I-30 on the east side of Dallas County.

    By • April 28, 2025
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    Google pours billions into AI, cyber and infrastructure expansion

    The tech giant's cloud profits more than doubled year over year as it invested more than $17 billion, primarily in servers and data centers.

    By Matt Ashare • April 28, 2025
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    Bill O’Neil, former W.E. O’Neil CEO, dies at 83

    A third-generation builder, O’Neil led the Chicago-based construction firm for 29 years and oversaw the company’s national expansion.

    By • April 25, 2025
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    Roche, answering tariff threat, pledges $50B to US drug production

    The big pharma joined several of its peers in committing to invest billions of dollars in new and expanded manufacturing facilities in the U.S. 

    By Jonathan Gardner • April 23, 2025
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    Project Milestones

    UW-Madison breaks ground on $420M engineering center

    The structure, which was at the center of a prolonged funding fight, will feature mass timber and sustainability components.

    By • April 22, 2025
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    Developers delay billions in projects amid mounting uncertainty

    Tariffs, tax credits and loan approvals are weighing on potential builds, particularly in clean tech construction.

    By • April 21, 2025
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    Opinion

    Your contract can mitigate tariff impacts, if you know where to look

    Two construction lawyers detail how cost-plus, guaranteed maximum price and lump sum agreements work in light of higher import duties.

    By Mason Hester and Austin Moorman • April 21, 2025
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    JCB plans San Antonio factory expansion to dodge Trump’s tariffs

    The U.K.-based heavy machinery manufacturer said the levies will impact its business in the short term.

    By Sara Samora • April 18, 2025
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    Q&A

    Healthcare construction bucks broader building slowdown

    Flexible design, early planning and resiliency are driving steady momentum in the space, says Derek Gregg, vice president of operations at Robins & Morton.

    By • April 17, 2025
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    Cumming Group merges with semiconductor advisory firm

    The move, with World Wide Professional Services, comes amid a boom for semiconductor projects as public and private groups invest in the space.

    By • April 16, 2025
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    Economic Reports

    Tariff fallout hits contractor confidence

    Over 40% of contractors anticipate a slowdown in profit margins in the next six months, according to Associated Builders and Contractors.

    By • April 15, 2025
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    Project Milestones

    $4B blue ammonia plant set for Louisiana

    CF Industries, the world’s largest ammonia producer, is teaming up with Japan’s Jera and Mitsui to build the Blue Point Complex in Ascension Parish.

    By • April 15, 2025
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    Opinion // Business Matters

    Why do we set up new hires to fail?

    The construction industry must move away from "sink-or-swim" training and instead provide early career workers with the coaching they need, writes consultant Fulton Cure.

    By Fulton Cure • April 15, 2025
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    Amid tariff turmoil, Novartis commits to spending $23B on US manufacturing

    Novartis expects the new capacity will allow it to produce all of its key medicines “end to end” in the U.S., as the Trump administration buffets global trade with tariffs.

    By Jonathan Gardner • April 11, 2025
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    Chicago asks city contractors to cut invoices by 3%

    The request to firms that had already signed contracts, sent by the city’s chief procurement officer, could put significant strain on small builders.

    By • April 10, 2025
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    Q&A

    Project engineer follows in her father’s footsteps

    Bond Building Construction’s Destiny Fausta’s love of construction began when she visited jobsites as a young girl.

    By • April 9, 2025
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    Project Milestones

    Gilbane/Turner JV tops out $2.1B Buffalo Bills stadium

    Speakers at an event celebrating the achievement touted the job's project labor agreement and employment of union workers.

    By • April 8, 2025
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    Walmart adds mass timber to new corporate HQ campus

    Mercer Mass Timber helped erect four CLT and glulam buildings, alongside additional offices with full frames made of the material.

    By • April 7, 2025