Walsh-Soletanche JV Lands $669M Delaware Container Terminal as Costs Climb 61%
A Walsh Group/Soletanche Bachy JV wins the $669M Delaware Container Terminal EPC at Edgemoor, a fully electrified build set to quadruple Port of Wilmington capacity.
Skanska-Stacy Witbeck-Herzog JV Wins CM Role on Metro A Line’s Claremont Extension
A Skanska/Stacy Witbeck/Herzog JV is named construction manager for the 2.3-mile Metro A Line extension to Claremont, with major construction set for late 2027.
One Market, Two Speeds: How Contractors Are Picking Their Spots in 2026
Data centers and infrastructure are booming while commercial work stalls, splitting construction into two markets and pushing contractors to bid with far more discipline.
NYC Building Trades Open New Apprenticeship Classes as the Pendulum Swings Back
New York’s plumbers and elevator constructors opened 2026 apprenticeship recruitment in June, a small window into the union pipeline straining to meet record trades demand.
Heat Pumps Keep Outselling Furnaces as States Rework the Financing
Heat pumps outsold fossil-fuel furnaces for a fourth straight year, and states are now attacking the real barrier to building electrification: upfront cost.
Five Years After Surfside, the Final Report Lands on a Failure That Was Visible for Weeks
NIST’s final Surfside report finds the tower failed slowly and measurably for weeks, sharpening the case for structural monitoring and Florida’s tougher inspection laws.
Newsom Orders California to Fast-Track Transit and Rail Tech
Governor Newsom signed an executive order directing California to speed up transit and passenger rail projects with priority lists, standard permits and shared payment tech.
Tech Giants Are Now Underwriting Low-Carbon Cement and Green Steel
Microsoft and Amazon are signing big offtake deals for low-carbon cement and green steel, using data center demand to pull cleaner building materials toward real scale.
Data Center Construction Hits $58B for the Year as the Rest of Nonres Stalls
Data center construction spending reached $58.1B year-to-date through May, more than four times last year’s pace, even as broader nonresidential spending stayed flat.
Buffalo’s $2.1B Highmark Stadium Opens After 5 Million Labor Hours
Gilbane and Turner finished the $2.1B new Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, the largest construction project in Western New York history, with first events this summer.
HUD Opens $10M to Put Robots and AI Inside Factory-Built Housing
HUD will fund up to $10M in demonstrations that bring robotics and AI into factory-built housing, betting automation can cut the cost and time of building homes.
Navy’s $8B Construction Contract Splits D.C.-Area Work Among Six Builders
NAVFAC Washington awarded an $8B multiple-award construction contract to six firms, including Clark, Balfour Beatty and Whiting-Turner, for military work across the capital region.
New U.S. Rebar Mills Come Online Even as Metals Prices Keep Climbing
Nucor, CMC, and Hybar are adding more than 1.5M tons of rebar capacity in 2026, a domestic-supply bump landing as steel, copper, and aluminum prices stay elevated.
Texas DOT Lets $607M in June as Cheaper Bids Keep Its Build Program Ahead of Pace
TxDOT awarded nearly $607M for 73 highway projects in June and has let $6.5B this fiscal year, running ahead of plan as competitive bidding holds costs down.
NYCOSH ‘Deadly Skyline’ Report Ties Construction Deaths to Heat and Falls
The 2026 Deadly Skyline report finds falls still lead New York construction fatalities, with several deaths tied to heat as the industry heads into another hot summer.
Stanley Martin to Buy United Homes Group in a $221M Homebuilder Tie-Up
Stanley Martin Homes agreed to acquire United Homes Group for about $221M, an all-cash deal that deepens consolidation among production homebuilders in the Southeast.
Private Equity Now Drives Most Construction M&A, and Subcontractors Are the Target
Private-equity buyers topped half of all construction M&A for the first time, chasing data-center and power contractors and rolling up subcontractors for their crews.
Construction’s Real Labor Problem Isn’t Just Hiring, It’s Who’s About to Retire
With the average construction worker now 42.5 and only 16% under 35, contractors need hundreds of thousands of hires just to backfill retirements, ABC data shows.