EPA’s proposed rule would redefine ‘begin actual construction,’ letting developers build non-emitting structures before securing a Clean Air Act NSR air permit.
Networked geothermal is moving from pilot to buildout in 2026 as utilities expand thermal energy networks, with a DOE-funded second loop coming to Framingham.
The Architecture Billings Index slipped to 48.3 in April 2026, a 28th straight month below growth, even as project inquiries rose for the third month running.
Construction added just 9,000 jobs in April 2026 and went nowhere over the year, as nonresidential trades hired and residential specialty contractors cut staff.
The data center construction boom is running into a hard limit: the grid. Announced projects total 780 GW, more than U.S. peak demand, but few will get power.
Toronto Pearson’s expansion is underway: the GTAA launched a $3B first phase of its decade-long Pearson LIFT program to handle 65 million passengers a year.
Tutor Perini’s backlog hit a record $19.8 billion in Q1 2026 as nine megaprojects, from the Hudson Tunnel to California rail, lock in years of revenue.
Construction tech funding isn’t cooling off: six startups raised $126M in 2026 for AI estimating, jobsite safety and BIM tools, led by ONESTRUCTION’s $58M round.
Utilities and tech giants are backing small modular reactors, but the build pipeline runs years behind the hype, with most first units slipping to the 2030s.
Construction starts in 2026 on Grain Belt Express, an $11B, 800-mile transmission line carrying 5,000 MW across Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana.
ICON’s new Titan program lets other builders buy its robotic 3D-printing construction system for the first time, with deliveries starting in early 2027.
Steel and aluminum tariffs at 50% have pushed metal prices up double digits, and an AGC survey says 43% of contractors have already cut a project.
The Army Corps awarded a 10-year, $2B contract to 14 firms for energy-resilience work at military bases, from microgrids to backup power and grid hardening.
After July 1, 2026, every new LEED registration must use v5, which makes embodied carbon reporting a prerequisite for certification. It’s the most significant rewrite of the standard in over a decade.
Turner Construction made its SafeT Coach AI safety assistant free to the entire construction industry during Safety Week 2026, ChatGPT-grounded and trained on 25,000 field interactions.
ABC reports construction input prices rose 1.7% in April and 6.2% year to date. That’s more inflation in four months than the prior three years combined, driven by energy and tariff-exposed metals.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded Southwest Valley Constructors a $1.7B Big Bend border wall contract on May 11. A week earlier the agency said it wouldn’t build a wall there.
Bechtel and NABTU signed an MOU to modernize craft apprenticeships for U.S. nuclear builds, naming Vogtle and the Natrium reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming as the case studies.