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    Election 2024

    Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on construction’s top issues

    Here are Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s views on the industry’s most pressing topics, including immigration, permitting, infrastructure and more.

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    Sponsored by PN Supply

    California: Streamline your DVBE material supply with PN Supply

    Get quick price quotes to help your construction firm meet its mandatory veteran goals.

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    2025’s top construction conferences

    It’s time to plan for the year to come. Construction Dive has you covered with a full list of industry conferences and tech expos on tap for 2025.

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    Deep Dive // Election 2024

    A fifth of construction workers lack permanent legal status. Can the next president change that?

    Illegal immigration has dominated the headlines during this election season, but building pros are calling for help to get skilled workers to jobsites.

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    Q&A // Construction Inclusion Week

    To improve diversity, help people get in the room: VC leader

    Clelia Warburg Peters, managing partner of an $88 million fund, talks about the contech environment and welcoming different perspectives when they land on your doorstep.

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    Construction’s manufacturing boom: Mapping the biggest facilities underway in the US

    New projects added to the tracker this month include a $200 million Collins Aerospace facility expansion in Spokane, Washington, and a $175 million Nanograf battery factory project in Flint, Michigan.

    Updated Sept. 27, 2024
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    Q&A // Construction Inclusion Week

    At Shawmut, DEI is anything but a passing fad

    Marianne Monte, chief people officer at the contractor where 35% of workers are women, talks about why Construction Inclusion Week is here to stay.

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    Despite elevated fears, contractors still lack cyber insurance

    Participants in a Travelers survey ranked cyber threats as their top concern for the fourth time in six years.

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    5 airport megaprojects reach new heights

    Priced in the billions, these new gates, runways, concourses and other improvements are underway around the country.

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    Project Wins

    Kiewit beats out 2 firms for Texas desalination plant job

    The city of Corpus Christi picked the firm to design and build its first seawater purification system, expected to cost at least $750 million, to drought-proof its water supply.

  • A multiracial group of three construction workers, led by an African-American woman, at a construction site. The woman, in her 40s, is walking between two men in their 50s, talking and looking toward the Hispanic man.
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    Construction Inclusion Week

    Construction Inclusion Week turns 4 with DEI under fire

    The industry’s initiative to combat hate on jobsites kicks off Monday amid rising tensions during a presidential election year.

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    Construction Inclusion Week

    Skanska picks New England supplier diversity lead

    With 27 years of experience at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Cassandra Campbell brings a plethora of skills in diversity, management and logistics.

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    Vacuum maker gets CHIPS money for New York facility

    Edwards Vacuum will use the money to build a $319 million dry vacuum pump plant in the Finger Lakes region for the semiconductor industry.

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    5 tips for businesses filing hurricane-related insurance claims

    With Helene and Milton estimated to have cost tens of billions of dollars in damage, it’s important for businesses to carefully document the impact when filing insurance claims.

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    Economic Reports

    Construction input prices tick down on lower energy costs

    The decline reflects overall stabilization over the past 12 months, as material expenses remain 1.9% lower than a year ago.

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    Project Wins

    PCL wins $300M Amtrak project in Seattle

    The project will help Amtrak reach its goal of sourcing 100% carbon-free electricity by 2030.

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    Economic Reports

    US crane count holds steady in Q3

    American and Canadian cities saw 15 fewer total cranes in the third quarter of 2024 than in the first, but construction activity remains robust.

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    Rays’ stadium roof blown off by Hurricane Milton

    The storm also toppled a crane at a St. Petersburg, Florida, construction site, tearing a hole in an office building.

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    Photo illustration: Shaun Lucas/Industry Dive; Getty Images; OSHA

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    9 of the biggest OSHA fines of Q3 2024

    One of the heftiest citations issued last quarter was to the contractor responsible for the January hangar collapse in Idaho.

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    Executive Moves

    Sundt Construction appoints new president, COO

    Cade Rowley first joined the Tempe, Arizona, firm as an engineer.

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    Opinion

    Communities nationwide plan disaster preparedness work

    As cities and states prepare for more extreme weather like this fall’s major hurricanes, there are hundreds of resiliency projects throughout the country already underway. Here are six of them.

  • President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering costs for American families at the Granite State YMCA Allard Center of Goffstown on March 11, 2024, in Goffstown, New Hampshire.
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    Biden signs law allowing CHIPS Act projects to forgo environmental review

    Opponents say the legislation omits necessary reviews for an industry that uses PFAS in production. 

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    Executive Moves

    Leopardo Construction names new CFO, other execs

    The Illinois-based contractor cited its recent growth and geographic expansion as the impetus for the promotions.

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    Helene deals billions in damage to infrastructure

    Roads, bridges, electrical grids and water systems need to be rebuilt following the deadly storm, even as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida.

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    Opinion

    What my generation brings to construction

    As the industry continues to evolve, tech-savvy younger workers are key to its future success, writes consultant (and Gen Zer) Fulton Cure.

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    Project Milestones

    Swinerton breaks ground on Texas mass timber office

    The Austin building, which will be occupied by the contractor, features a different mechanical system on each floor.