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    2025’s top construction conferences

    Construction Dive rounds up the industry conferences, expos and meetings on tap this year.

    Updated Jan. 29, 2025
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    Economic Reports

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of January 2025

    Overall activity dropped during the first month of the year, though infrastructure work kept builders busy, according to Dodge Construction Network.

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    Apple to invest more than $500B in US manufacturing

    The Silicon Valley behemoth said it will open a new server facility in Houston next year and create a training academy in Detroit as part of the investment.

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    Tutor Perini spells out price, timeline on $3.8B Manhattan jail build

    The firm’s JV with O&G Industries is set to work on the facility — one of four that will replace Riker’s Island — for more than seven years.

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    Project Milestones

    McCarthy tops out $500M California hospital expansion

    The new facilities will include advanced surgical suites and an interconnected network of tunnels.

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    SpaceX’s Florida project counts down to construction

    Work on the 380-foot-tall launchpad could begin as soon as April, according to new FAA documents.

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    Ikea to open 8 new US stores this spring, summer

    The furniture retailer is executing its multibillion-dollar investment strategy to expand its footprint and revamp its operations.

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    Baltimore bridge collapse

    3 more Key Bridge contracts doled out

    Maryland unveiled the design for the new span and approved $60 million worth of construction management and inspection services awards for the rebuild.

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    DeepSeek called a net positive for data centers despite overcapacity worries

    More efficient AI models could reduce demand for liquid cooling retrofits while accelerating adoption, boosting the industry’s longer-term fortunes, experts say.

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    Bally’s $1.7B Chicago casino gains site approval

    The gaming development is slated to rise on the site of the old Chicago Tribune printing plant along the Chicago River.

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    Executive Moves

    South Carolina civil firm announces new CEO

    Former COO Anthony Garcia will lead Charleston-based Landmark Construction Co.

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    Lendlease’s focus on domestic work begins to pay off

    As part of a new strategy, the Australian firm has sold off its U.S. construction projects and entered an agreement to divest from its U.K. business.

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    Senators frame Trump’s DOL pick as bridge between employers, employees

    Still, Lori Chavez-DeRemer faced bipartisan scrutiny on the PRO Act, “right-to-work” laws, minimum wage policy and the joint employer rule.

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    Q&A

    Warfel’s new director of people engagement: ‘Here if you need me’

    The Pennsylvania-based contractor has created a new position to help build company culture and employee satisfaction.

    Updated Feb. 20, 2025
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    Fluor bets on data centers, power amid CEO switch

    COO Jim Breuer will step into the CEO role effective May 1, taking over for David Constable.

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    What to know about Trump’s approach to BABA

    The president is expected to support Biden’s Build America, Buy America and other federal procurement policies that encourage domestic manufacturing.

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    Skanska establishes high-tech manufacturing unit

    The contractor is gearing up to meet growing demand for semiconductor facilities and similar projects.

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    Opinion

    Alternative delivery methods can help speed, simplify civil projects

    What’s behind acronyms like CMAR, DB, PDB and P3s? A transportation construction expert explains.

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    Wyndham targets growth near data centers, infrastructure projects

    The company has dozens of hotels within a 10-mile radius of the top 10 data center projects and plans more new construction in 2025.

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    Biogas project investment increased 40% in 2024, industry group says

    The agricultural sector is now moving faster than landfills to bring facilities online, but landfills account for 72% of total U.S. biogas production capacity, according to a new report from the American Biogas Council.

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    Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro sues Trump administration, citing frozen IRA funding

    The state’s agencies have limited access to over $3.1 billion in funding for activities including distributed solar deployment, well plugging and weatherization, according to the lawsuit.

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    Contractors brace for steel, aluminum tariff impacts

    Construction firms are likely to feel the squeeze within months if the new fees on imported materials take effect in March.

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    Granite sees ‘tremendous support’ for IIJA from Washington

    On the California-based roadbuilder’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Kyle Larkin said the market was among the strongest he’s encountered, though inflation looms.

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    Economic Reports

    Tariff fears tied to biggest construction cost jump in 2 years

    Contractors have rushed to buy materials before potential tariffs go into effect, pushing prices higher. More hikes could lie ahead, according to construction trade associations.

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    Economic Reports

    Construction backlog posts gains to kick off the year

    Contractors expect activity to pick up over the next six months amid renewed confidence since the presidential election, according to Associated Builders and Contractors.