Energy Services of America closed its $6.95 million purchase of West Virginia water and sewer contractor FAMCO on Oct. 23, two weeks after its target date.
Hudbay and Mitsubishi approved the $2.07 billion Copper World mine in Arizona on Oct. 21, a 36-month build aimed at first copper in the second half of 2029.
September new home sales ran at a 676,000 annual pace, down 5.3% in a year, as finished spec inventory fell to 111,000 and unstarted listings rose.
Washington L&I fined a Yakima County roofing contractor $48,803 after a fatal skylight fall and cited three repeat violators for willful fall hazards.
DOL’s $95.5M Rapid Reskill grants target construction and give 20 projects six months to place laid-off workers in jobs or Registered Apprenticeships.
Simpson Manufacturing steel costs are up more than 50% in a year, and the Strong-Tie maker plans more price increases that usually take effect in January.
The bipartisan Protect Clean Water Act would authorize $10 billion over five years for PFAS removal, after the IIJA’s contaminant funding expired Sept. 30.
Central Park’s $35.7 million stormwater loop broke ground Oct. 26, linking Harlem Meer, the Loch and the Pool to save 175 million gallons of water a year.
Mach9 raised a $34 million Series A for AI CAD software that drafts civil drawings from scans. WSP, HNTB, NV5 and Pennoni are among its customers.
California’s hospital seismic deadline hits Jan. 1, 2030, and Suffolk says upgrade work is competing with new hospitals for long-lead MEP equipment.
The ROAD to Housing Act lets manufactured homes skip the steel chassis, but only about 17% of zoned land expressly allows such parks, Realtor.com found.
CertainTeed workers at its Chowchilla, Calif., fiberglass plant voted 123-31 to join Teamsters Local 431, NLRB records show, and now push for a first contract.
Insteel Industries’ fiscal Q4 sales rose 17.9% to $209.3 million on higher prices, but gross margin fell to 10% as domestic wire rod costs outran price hikes.
The Third Circuit denied rehearing on the Williams NESE pipeline’s vacated New Jersey water permit, stalling a 13-month compressor build and 2027 service date.
CBRE agreed to buy London data center contractor Onnec for $610 million plus a $400 million earnout as its critical infrastructure revenue jumped 80%.
U.S. wind turbine orders hit 2.8 GW in Q2 ahead of the July 4 tax credit deadline, Wood Mackenzie said Oct. 26, with 39 GW of onshore builds seen by 2030.
San Francisco charged D’Arcy & Harty Construction and three supervisors with manslaughter over a 2023 trench collapse that killed a laborer on a city sewer job.
The Obama Presidential Center’s cost has reached about $1 billion, nearly triple its first $350 million budget, as unpaid trade contractors weigh liens.