Two Workers Fell 15 to 20 Feet When a Crane-Set Truss System Let Go in Greer
A roof truss system collapsed while being crane-set at a Greer, S.C. church site on September 19, dropping two workers 15 to 20 feet. Cause undetermined.
New York Will Hand Out 25 Applications for 5 Operating Engineer Apprenticeships
IUOE Local 825’s training committee recruits five Operating Engineer apprentices across five New York counties, with only 25 applications distributed.
Diesel Hit $6.45 a Gallon. The PPI Says Refinery Diesel Is Up 77.8% in a Year.
Retail diesel set a record $6.45 a gallon while August PPI data shows refinery diesel up 77.8%, aluminum up 27.3% and steel mill products up 23.4%.
66,699 Hours of Coal Impoundment Paperwork Goes Up for Comment. Nothing in the Rule Changes.
MSHA opened comment on the refuse pile and impoundment collection at 91 FR 59801: 939 respondents, 66,699 burden hours and $1.2M in recordkeeping cost.
Walsh Federal Won $191.3M for Camp Lejeune Barracks. Thirteen Options Push the Ceiling to $271M.
NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic awarded Walsh Federal $191.3M for Camp Lejeune barracks, with thirteen options taking the maximum to $271M and completion by 2030.
A 5-Kilogram Machine Just Raised $10M to Build a 100-Tonne Cement Pilot
CURA Climate raised $10M led by Zacua Ventures to build a 100-tonne electrified cement pilot in Alberta, claiming an 85% cut from a 5-kg bench unit.
Adaptive Raised $30M for Accounting Agents. A Human Still Posts Every Entry.
Adaptive closed a $30M Series B led by Tidemark for construction accounting agents that code invoices and build WIP but never touch the general ledger.
Construction Starts Fell 24.8% in August and Manufacturing Groundbreakings Dropped 80.8%
Dodge put August construction starts at a $1.34 trillion rate, down 24.8%, with manufacturing groundbreakings off 80.8% after July’s megaproject surge.
Construction Employment Rose in 35 States, and Louisiana Grew 12.7%
AGC’s analysis of BLS state data shows construction employment up in 35 states and D.C. year over year, with Ohio adding the most jobs and California losing the most.
Ball Arena Is Getting $135 Million and a 34,000-Square-Foot Front Door
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment announced a $135M renovation of the 27-year-old Denver arena, with three premium clubs, an east lobby addition and a new plaza.
MSHA Is Putting Its Own Inspectors Through Annual Training on How They Behave
MSHA will require an annual professionalism course for every inspector and specialist who conducts inspections or responds to accidents and hazard complaints.
New Jersey Put $3 Million Into Pre-Apprenticeship and Tied It to Hiring Commitments
NJDOL opened the first FY2027 PACE round at $3 million, requiring documented partnerships with Registered Apprenticeship sponsors and employers committed to hiring.
A Cement Plant Shipping Into the U.S. Northeast Is Going After Its Petcoke Burn
McInnis Cement will raise alternative-fuel substitution at its Port-Daniel-Gascons plant to 20% by 2030, targeting eventual replacement of up to 70% of fossil fuel.
The FAR Council Wants to Delete the Self-Performance Floor. Comments Close Oct. 19.
A proposed rewrite of FAR Part 36 would strike clause 52.236-1, the self-performance requirement, along with the preconstruction conference and resident-direction clauses.
Bechtel Walked Off the Natrium Reactor and Filed a WARN Notice for 200
Bechtel has split with TerraPower over the Kemmerer, Wyoming Natrium demonstration reactor and filed a Virginia WARN notice covering about 200 Reston staff.
$528 Million Goes Into Transformers, the Part of the Grid Nobody Can Buy Fast Enough
Hitachi Energy will build a $528M transformer plant in Gallman, Mississippi, more than doubling U.S. capacity for the 10-160 MVA units holding up interconnections.
An Excavator Maker Is Training Its AI on Operator Mistakes, Not Just Good Runs
Hitachi Construction Machinery starts physical-AI R&D in October to run an excavator autonomously, training on error recovery, weather and machine condition.
One Modular Builder Just Took On 3,000 Units for a Single Army Housing Program
Volumetric Building Companies says it will produce 3,000 modular living units for Joint Base San Antonio, with Layton Construction and Gensler on the team.