Walbridge Breaks Ground on ‘The Barn,’ a $16B Stargate Data Center in Michigan
Walbridge broke ground on The Barn, a $16B, 1.4-GW data center in Saline, Michigan for Oracle and OpenAI, the largest project in its 110-year history.
AI Preconstruction Software Draws Fresh Capital as LightTable Lands $22M
AI preconstruction software is pulling venture money as LightTable raises a $22M Series A to read drawings and flag errors before crews break ground.
Sublime Systems Closes In on Startup of Its Holyoke True-Zero Cement Plant
Sublime Systems’ Holyoke plant nears startup, set to make 30,000 tons a year of true-zero, fossil-free cement using an electrochemical process, not kilns.
Worker Misclassification Enforcement Tightens in 2026 as Labor Regulators Target Contractors
Federal and state regulators are sharpening worker-classification enforcement in 2026, raising the stakes for construction firms that lean on 1099 labor.
Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Breaks Ground on a $4.05B Ohio River Crossing
Ohio and Kentucky broke ground May 8 on the $4.05B Brent Spence Bridge Corridor, a Walsh Kokosing design-build that adds a companion span over the Ohio River.
Smackover Lithium Lines Up Its Builders for South West Arkansas, Clearing the Path to a Final Investment Decision
Smackover Lithium has signed S&B Engineers and Wood Group for its South West Arkansas project, completing the contractor lineup needed before a final investment decision.
U.S. Construction Spending Edged Up 0.4% in April as Data Centers Mask a Nonresidential Slump
U.S. construction spending rose 0.4% in April to a $2.17T annual rate, but data centers are doing the heavy lifting while the rest of nonresidential keeps shrinking.
Bedrock Robotics Pushes Toward Operator-Less Excavators as Autonomy Hits the Dirt
Bedrock Robotics says fully operator-less excavators will reach customer sites in 2026, backed by a $270M round, but supervised autonomy still does most of the digging.
Garney Breaks Ground on Tampa’s $1.2B ‘One Water,’ Hillsborough County’s Biggest-Ever Project
Garney broke ground on Hillsborough County’s $1.2B One Water wastewater and reuse project, the county’s largest-ever capital program, via progressive design-build.
O’Hare’s $1.45B Concourse D Goes Vertical as the ORDNext Expansion Picks Up Speed
Chicago O’Hare’s $1.45B, 19-gate Concourse D started vertical construction, the first big piece of the $8.5B ORDNext expansion to leave the ground.
WSP Closes Its $3.3B TRC Buy, Becoming the Largest U.S. Engineering Firm by Revenue
WSP completed its $3.3B cash acquisition of TRC, vaulting past rivals to become the largest U.S. engineering and design firm by revenue with a power-sector focus.
Brooklyn’s 1 Java Street Becomes New York State’s Largest Residential Geothermal Building
1 Java Street, an 834-unit Greenpoint rental, will be New York State’s largest residential geothermal building, cutting heating-and-cooling emissions 53%.
Buildroid Brings Simulation-First Bricklaying Robots to U.S. Blockwork Crews
Buildroid is rolling block-laying robots onto U.S. jobsites with a simulation-first model, targeting a $13B blockwork segment on a shared-savings deal.
Cleveland Browns Break Ground on a $2.4B Domed Stadium in Brook Park
The Cleveland Browns broke ground on a $2.4B enclosed stadium in Brook Park, with an AECOM Hunt-Turner JV building Ohio’s first domed NFL venue.
Newark Airport Solar Expansion Aims to Nearly Tenfold On-Site Generation
The Port Authority launched a Newark Liberty solar expansion to nearly tenfold on-site generation to 20 MW across 32,000 panels by 2031.
Worker Shortages Are Now the Top Reason Projects Run Late, AGC Survey Finds
AGC’s 2026 survey finds 92% of firms struggle to hire craft workers, and labor shortages have become the leading cause of project delays.
OSHA’s Fall Stand-Down Returns as Falls Stay Construction’s No. 1 Killer
OSHA’s 13th annual fall stand-down ran May 4-8 as falls stay construction’s leading cause of death, with silica enforcement still in focus.
Foothill Gold Line Picks Skanska-Led JV to Manage the A Line’s Last 2.3 Miles to Claremont
A Skanska-led JV won the construction manager contract for the Foothill Gold Line’s 2.3-mile A Line extension from Pomona to Claremont.