OSHA Says a Brick Maker Knew About the Silica and Skipped the Respirators
OSHA proposed $496,528 against General Shale’s Watsontown Brick operation, alleging three willful violations for known respirable silica exposure without respirators.
NCCER Unbundled Craft Training for Contractors Too Small to Run It
NCCER’s CraftPro sells single self-paced craft courses with remote AI proctoring, aimed at the small contractors that could never staff an accredited training unit.
YellaWood’s 17th Treating Plant Is Going on a WWII Airport
Great Southern Wood will spend $40M on a pressure-treated lumber plant at Laurinburg-Maxton Airport, its 17th, adding Carolinas capacity as framing lumber prices swing.
A Court Just Said FERC Must Approve LNG Terminals Unless Opponents Rebut It
The D.C. Circuit rejected all 11 challenges to FERC’s approval of the $28B CP2 LNG terminal, holding the Natural Gas Act presumes authorization. Worley holds both phases.
The Spurs Paired Mortenson With a 1959 San Antonio Builder
Spurs Sports & Entertainment named Mortenson and San Antonio’s Bartlett Cocke joint construction managers on a $1.3B downtown arena, with Sasaki and MP Studio on the district.
A 1,613-Ft Bridge, 1,700 Ft of Causeway Out, and a 10-Meter Shutdown Rule
NOAA issued the final marine mammal authorization for the Duckabush estuary restoration, clearing a $100M-plus job that puts US 101 on a new bridge over Hood Canal.
Oak Ridge Printed a Reactor Mold in Two Weeks. Steel Takes Eight.
Kairos Power and ORNL replaced steel molds for reactor bioshields with 3D-printed composite forms, holding 1/16-in. tolerances across seven pours. The obstacle now is ACI 349.
A Dead Aluminum Smelter Just Became a 482-MW Grid Connection
Kentucky regulators approved 482 MW for TeraWulf’s Hawesville AI campus, letting a $4B data center inherit a shuttered smelter’s substation instead of waiting in the queue.
11 Fires and $2.7 Million: 6,061 School HVAC Fans Recalled After Classroom Blazes
CPSC and Modine recalled about 6,061 ventilation fans in Airedale classroom heat pumps after 11 fires and at least $2.7M in damage. Units sold from 2013 to January 2026.
Construction Jobs Rose in 36 States. Texas Lost 3,400 in a Single Month.
AGC’s July state employment analysis shows construction jobs up in 36 states over 12 months, with Louisiana up 11.4% while California shed 6,700 and Alaska fell 3.7%.
Commerce Wants Tariffs on Imported Cranes, Cable and Welding Parts
BIS proposed adding 14 derivative articles to Section 232 duties, including self-propelled cranes, electric conductor cable and welding-machine parts. Comments close Aug. 27.
A Federal Court Locked In PFAS Superfund Liability. Dirt Movers Are in the Chain.
The D.C. Circuit denied all petitions against EPA’s PFOA and PFOS CERCLA designation on Aug. 18, leaving excavation, hauling and disposal contractors inside the liability chain.
EPA Rewrote the Permit Every 1-Acre Jobsite Runs On, Then Gave 15 More Days
EPA extended comment on the proposed 2027 Construction General Permit to Sept. 17. The draft strips broad water-quality language and loosens stabilization deadlines.
The U.S. Holds 5,975 Hotel Projects, 37% of a Record Global Pipeline
Lodging Econometrics counted a record 15,976 hotel projects globally at Q2 close. The U.S. holds 5,975 of them, and brand conversions are the fastest-growing segment.
FlatironDragados Has Notice to Proceed on a $1.9B Dam It Won’t Rebuild Until 2027
FlatironDragados and Sukut got NTP on the $1.9B Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit, but the retrofit itself waits on a 1,700-foot outlet tunnel and starts in early 2027.
Tennessee Traded 26 Miles of I-24 for $24.8 Billion in Concession Value
Tennessee selected DriveTN — Cintra, Transurban, Tikehau, Ferrovial, Webber and AECOM — for a $9.2B I-24 Choice Lanes P3 the state values at $24.8B in concession terms.
500 Independent Supply Houses Now Run on an AI Agent Named Dooey
Battery Ventures led a $30M Series B into Rundoo, whose AI agent builds purchase orders for 500+ independent building-supply stores using sales history and local landscaper bids.
Kiewit Has 22 Nuclear Jobs Running and Says the Supply Chain Can’t Feed Them
Kiewit’s nuclear chief says the NQA-1 safety-grade supply chain can’t support demand, and wants tier-one EPCs doing their own commercial grade dedication to get around it.