Army Corps Picks 14 Firms for $2B, 10-Year Military Energy Resilience Pipeline
The Army Corps’s Huntsville Center awarded a $2B, 10-year MATOC to 14 firms for microgrids, storage and backup power at military installations through 2036.
Union Construction Wages Settle at Decade High as 4.7% Hikes Roll Through First-Half CBAs
H1 2026 collective bargaining agreements delivered an average 4.7% increase in union construction wages and benefits, the strongest pace in 15 years.
Construction Input Prices Climb 12.6% as 50% Metal Tariffs Reshape Procurement
Metal tariffs at 50% have shoved construction input prices to a 12.6% annualized clip, the fastest pace since 2022. Estimators are tearing up procurement plans.
Meta Breaks Ground on $10B, 1-GW Lebanon Data Center as Turner Joins the GC Bench
Meta’s $10B Lebanon, Indiana campus pencils out at 1 GW, 4M sqft and 1,500 acres, with Turner among the contractors and first buildings online late 2027.
Ferrovial-Webber JV Wins $1.47B Grand Parkway B-1 Design-Build Southeast of Houston
TxDOT picks a Ferrovial-Webber JV for the $1.47B Grand Parkway Segment B-1, a 15-mile tolled design-build that pushes Houston’s outer loop deeper into Brazoria and Galveston counties.
Atlantic Canada’s First Tall Mass Timber Tower Lands an 8.4% Cost Premium
A Dartmouth, Nova Scotia mass timber tower study pegs the cost premium at 8.4% over concrete but flags a four-to-six-month schedule advantage that closes the gap.
Samsung Commits $1.5B to Its First Vietnam Chip Testing Plant North of Hanoi
Samsung is putting $1.5B into a chip testing plant in Bac Ninh, Vietnam, with construction already underway and a November 2027 production target.
OSHA Extends Heat Inspection Program Five More Years as Summer Construction Ramps
OSHA renewed its Heat National Emphasis Program through 2031, locking in programmed heat inspections for 55 high-risk sectors including construction.
Princeton’s Sea-Sponge-Inspired 3D Printed Concrete Solves the Brittleness Problem
Princeton engineers borrowed a sea sponge’s layered skeleton to make 3D printed concrete that resists cracking, a fix for the technology’s biggest commercial roadblock.
Skanska JV Wins $1.06B MBTA Contract to Replace the Charles River Draw 1 Bridges
Skanska USA Civil lands the MBTA’s $1.06B Draw 1 contract to replace the 1930s Charles River bascule bridges with new vertical-lift spans at North Station.
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Crosses 70% Complete as Turbine Installs Slow the Final Stretch
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind is past 70% complete with all 176 monopiles in the seabed, but the final turbine installs are slower than the project’s modeled pace.
CarbonCure Passes 500,000 Tonnes of Mineralized CO2 as Carbon Concrete Hits Spec Sheets
CarbonCure passes 500,000 tonnes of CO2 mineralized into ready-mix concrete, a milestone that has moved the technology from carbon-marketing copy to spec-sheet line item.
Metra Launches $337M Rebuild of Eleven Century-Old Bridges on the UP North Line
Metra’s 2026 program includes a $337M rebuild of 11 century-old rail bridges on the UP North Line, the most ambitious Chicago commuter rail infrastructure push in years.
Caterpillar’s Autonomous Excavators Move From CES Demo to Live Jobsites
Caterpillar’s Nvidia-powered autonomous excavators, trucks, and dozers move from CES preview to live deployment as fleets begin earthwork on real jobs.
Alec Wins the $1.7B Sphere Abu Dhabi Build, Exporting Vegas’s Most Expensive Venue to the Gulf
Alec Engineering wins the $1.7B Sphere Abu Dhabi construction contract, locking in a venue type that’s already proven in Vegas and now exporting to the Gulf.
Dodge Momentum Index Rose 4% in May as Institutional Planning Carries the Pipeline
The Dodge Momentum Index gained 4% in May, with institutional planning doing the heavy lifting and data centers pulling back from April’s spike.
Construction’s Immigrant Workforce Keeps Shrinking, and U.S.-Born Hiring Isn’t Filling the Gap
Construction sites lost crews after ICE raids and U.S.-born hiring in the trade dropped 3%, not rose. Schedule pain is already on cost reports.
August Robotics Pulls In $30M as the DeWalt Drilling Robot Cuts Data Center Build Time
August Robotics closed a $30M Series B as its DeWalt-built downward-drilling fleet robot starts shaving weeks off data center construction schedules.