Construction Confronts Its Suicide Crisis With More Mental-Health Training
Construction has the highest suicide rate of any U.S. industry. Firms and safety groups are answering with mental-health training and stand-downs on the jobsite.
DOL Opens $85M for Apprenticeships as States Fund Construction Trades
The U.S. Labor Department opened $85M for Registered Apprenticeship expansion while California added $18.6M to train 55,000 building-trades apprentices.
U.S. Ports Race to Add Container Capacity as Trade Routes Shift
From Los Angeles to Houston and Savannah, U.S. ports are expanding container terminals to handle bigger ships and shifting trade, with new capacity coming online.
Fervo’s Cape Station Puts Enhanced Geothermal on the Grid This Fall
Fervo Energy’s Cape Station in Utah is set to send its first 100 MW of enhanced geothermal power to the grid in October, a first at commercial scale.
AGC Mid-Year Outlook Shows a Two-Speed Construction Market
AGC’s 2026 mid-year outlook finds construction holding up better than expected, but almost entirely on the back of data centers while other sectors sag.
Gypsum Price Notices Pile Up as Material Costs Grind Higher
A wave of mid-2026 gypsum board price notices from major manufacturers is forcing contractors to tighten quotes as energy and tariffs push material costs up.
GlobalFoundries Commits $16B to Expand Its New York and Vermont Fabs
GlobalFoundries will spend $16B expanding chip and packaging capacity in New York and Vermont, anchored by a new fab at its Malta campus.
Holtec and TVA Land Up to $800M as DOE Pushes SMRs Toward Construction
The DOE selected Holtec and TVA for up to $800M to advance small modular reactors, with Holtec eyeing a 2026 construction start at Michigan’s Palisades site.
California’s ARCHES Signs $12.6B Hydrogen Hub Deal With the DOE
California’s ARCHES becomes the first of seven regional hydrogen hubs to finalize its DOE agreement, unlocking a $12.6B clean hydrogen buildout.
Lane-Brayman JV Wins $1B ALCOSAN Ohio River Tunnel Contract
Steel City Tunnel Partners, a Lane Construction and Brayman JV, wins the roughly $1B Ohio River Tunnel contract, the largest piece of ALCOSAN’s Clean Water Plan.
Modular Construction Goes Mainstream for Data Centers and Hospitals
Offsite construction has shed its temporary-building image. In 2026 it’s how hyperscalers and hospital systems are hitting schedules they otherwise couldn’t.
Construction Costs Keep Climbing in Mid-2026 as Metal Tariffs Bite
The Turner index keeps rising and 2026 escalation is pegged at 4–6%, with steel, aluminum and copper tariffs driving the sharpest increases in exposed trades.
Trench Deaths Fall Nearly 70% as OSHA’s Zero-Tolerance Push Holds
Trench-collapse deaths have dropped nearly 70% since 2022 as OSHA’s excavation emphasis program keeps up inspections, criminal referrals and six-figure penalties.
A New Construction Visa Bill Targets 65,000 Workers as Jobsite Raids Bite
A proposed H-2C visa would bring up to 65,000 year-round construction workers, as stepped-up jobsite enforcement squeezes a sector already short on labor.
Construction Needs 499,000 More Workers in 2026, and 92% of Firms Can’t Find Them
The AGC estimates construction needs about 499,000 more workers in 2026, and 92% of contractors say they can’t find qualified people, with delays piling up.
Bedrock Robotics Raises $270M to Put Autonomous Excavators on Real Jobsites
Bedrock Robotics raised $270M to bring autonomous earthmoving to active jobsites, as construction robotics moves from pilots to repeatable production work.
North America’s Longest Timber Gridshell Tops Out in Doraville Before the World Cup
Doraville’s Assembly Studios Bandshell, North America’s first timber gridshell at this scale, debuts as a World Cup watch venue before becoming a performing-arts space.
Data Centers Pivot to Closed-Loop Cooling as Washington Pushes Water Reuse
As data center water use draws scrutiny, operators are switching to closed-loop cooling that cuts freshwater up to 70%, and federal policy is starting to push reuse.