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    Deep Dive // 2026 Outlook

    5 construction trends to watch in 2026

    Contractors will be keeping tabs on material costs, data center demand, interest rates and more this year.

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    Radio silence is a management choice

    On megaprojects, radio silence isn't the standard. It's a choice with real costs.

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    What construction leaders need to know for 2026

    It’s anyone’s guess what the next 12 months will look like. Here, nonresidential building pros share insights on data centers, immigration and more to bring the year into focus.

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    Opinion

    Changes to Pell Grants are a win for America’s workforce

    Starting Wednesday, the grants can go toward short-term trade education, a major win for an industry in desperate need of skilled workers, writes the CEO of Stanley Black & Decker.

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    Amtrak keeps $1.6B East River Tunnel project on pace for 2027 finish

    Though the overall program is still on track, crews pushed back the opening of one of the rail lines by one month, according to a project update meeting.

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    Military research facilities falling into disrepair, report says

    Aging infrastructure is hampering the country’s ability to maintain a technically advanced warfighting capability, says the Defense Research Enterprise Review.

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    Opinion

    Hazard prevention isn’t enough. Construction must automate and eliminate danger.

    To save lives, the industry should reduce workers' exposure to hazards via technology that can take on the most dangerous tasks, writes the director of Virginia Tech’s school of construction.

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    Gilbane pushes hard on combined delivery, AI: CEO

    The parent company of Gilbane Building and Gilbane Development plans to double down on artificial intelligence implementation, said Ed Broderick.

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    Deep Dive

    Data centers are ready to negotiate flexibility for speed

    Hyperscalers want their data centers online and utilities want to provide interconnections, but experts say both are still looking for common operating guidelines.

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    Rail projects gain steam across the US

    Contractors are taking advantage of multibillion-dollar train and transit contracts, even as funding challenges create hurdles for project execution.

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    Granite lands $117M Utah highway extension

    The project to expand state Route 177 will address unforeseen population growth since the original project’s environmental study in 2017.

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    Punch List: Skanska wins 2 jobs, 2 firms make executive moves

    The Stockholm-based contractor won contracts worth a collective $580 million, as STV and Fluor made changes in the office.

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    Balfour Beatty hires new legal chief

    Ed Egerton, who brings more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure, engineering and energy, is the firm’s second C-suite addition to come from AtkinsRéalis in the last year.

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    Texas judge vacates 3 Biden-era Davis-Bacon provisions

    The U.S. District Court of Northern Texas sided with the AGC, removing rules that would have extended prevailing wage rules to suppliers and truck drivers.

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    Gilbane-Turner JV hands off $2.1B NFL stadium to Buffalo Bills

    About 6,000 craft workers clocked nearly 5 million hours over the roughly 60,000-seat venue’s three-year construction timeline. Now it’s gameday ready.

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    These 10 metro areas have added the most housing units since 2020: report

    Texas metro areas have led the nation’s 6.6% uptick in metro-area housing units, an Urban Institute analysis found.

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    DOE offers $17.5B in loans to help build 10 large nuclear reactors

    Dominion Energy, DTE Energy, WEC Energy Group, Public Service Enterprise Group and Entergy Corp. are among the utilities positioned to benefit, according to Capstone.

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    DOT earmarks $1.86B for infrastructure damaged by storms

    More than $908 million will go toward Hurricane Helene recovery to help states repair roads, bridges, water systems and rail lines.

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    Jacobs wins role on $1.7B New York public health lab

    The firm will work alongside the design-build joint venture team of Gilbane and Turner, and expects construction to reach completion by 2030.

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    DPR, Suffolk Technologies pair with Skillit for hiring

    The investment and cooperative plan emphasizes how builders are turning to more tech-centered methods of attracting talent to the jobsite.

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    Column

    For Gen Z pros, work is not an identity. Contractors should take note.

    Although the emerging labor force values a job well done, work-life balance is nonnegotiable.

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    Opinion

    Periodic inspections alone can no longer keep aging buildings safe

    On the five-year anniversary of the Surfside collapse, a building safety specialist highlights the importance of structural monitoring systems.

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    Infrastructure, data centers kept construction starts strong in May

    Megaprojects drove sizable growth in groundbreaking activity over the month, said Sarah Martin, director of economic research at Dodge Construction Network.

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    Q&A

    Superior Construction CEO: ‘Every good mentor was at one point a mentee’

    The builder will construct a two-story facility for career advancement in Jacksonville, Florida, to target new employees and level up veterans’ skills.

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    Jacobs-McCarthy JV starts work on $185M California water project

    The contractors expect substantial completion on the Torrance Groundwater Desalter expansion project in October 2028, according to McCarthy.

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    6 takeaways from FERC’s data center interconnection decision

    Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission found that major grid operators’ rules for large load interconnections appeared to be inadequate for data centers. Here's what that landmark decision means.