Bechtel Lands $4.69B Sabine Pass LNG Expansion as Train 7 Gets the Nod
Bechtel won a $4.69B contract for Train 7 at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG plant in Louisiana, extending a two-decade run building Gulf Coast export capacity.
Autodesk Buys MaintainX for $3.6B, Betting Construction Data Outlives the Build
Autodesk’s $3.6B all-cash deal for MaintainX pushes the contech giant into building operations and maintenance, chasing the asset data that trains AI.
Architecture Billings Stay Soft, but Institutional Work Hints at a Thaw
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index slipped to 48.3 in April, still below 50, but institutional and multifamily firms posted a hint of growth.
Permitting Reform Hits the Senate as the SPEED Act Tests Its Bipartisan Math
The SPEED Act cleared the House and moved to the Senate, promising shorter NEPA timelines and narrower litigation windows for energy and infrastructure.
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.