A New Construction Visa Bill Targets 65,000 Workers as Jobsite Raids Bite
A proposed H-2C visa would bring up to 65,000 year-round construction workers, as stepped-up jobsite enforcement squeezes a sector already short on labor.
Construction Needs 499,000 More Workers in 2026, and 92% of Firms Can’t Find Them
The AGC estimates construction needs about 499,000 more workers in 2026, and 92% of contractors say they can’t find qualified people, with delays piling up.
Bedrock Robotics Raises $270M to Put Autonomous Excavators on Real Jobsites
Bedrock Robotics raised $270M to bring autonomous earthmoving to active jobsites, as construction robotics moves from pilots to repeatable production work.
North America’s Longest Timber Gridshell Tops Out in Doraville Before the World Cup
Doraville’s Assembly Studios Bandshell, North America’s first timber gridshell at this scale, debuts as a World Cup watch venue before becoming a performing-arts space.
Data Centers Pivot to Closed-Loop Cooling as Washington Pushes Water Reuse
As data center water use draws scrutiny, operators are switching to closed-loop cooling that cuts freshwater up to 70%, and federal policy is starting to push reuse.
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.