The Infrastructure Law Expires in September, and the Trust Fund Math Doesn’t Add Up
The IIJA’s surface transportation programs expire September 30, and a five-year renewal faces a $166 billion Highway Trust Fund gap. Contractors are watching.
KBR Wins an $8 Billion, 20-Year Contract to Keep US Antarctic Bases Running
The National Science Foundation awarded KBR an $8 billion, 20-year contract to run logistics and infrastructure for the US Antarctic Program’s research stations.
Autonomy Moves From the Mine to the Jobsite as Equipment Makers Scale Up
Caterpillar, Komatsu and Doosan Bobcat are pushing autonomous and electric machines past the concept stage as the autonomous equipment market nears $18 billion.
Housing Starts Slid to a Five-Year Low in May as Builders Pulled Back
US housing starts fell to a 1.177 million annual rate in May, the slowest since 2020, as elevated mortgage rates pushed builders to slow new groundbreakings.
America’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Enters Its Final Build Year Off Virginia
Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest US offshore wind farm at 2.6 GW, is on track to finish its 176 turbines off Virginia Beach through 2026.
LEED v5 Goes Live and Makes Embodied Carbon Mandatory
LEED v5 certification is open and the v4.1 window closes July 1, making embodied carbon reporting a prerequisite on the top green building system.
Saipem JV Lands $1B-Plus Aramco Uthmaniyah Gas Compression Job
Aramco awarded the Uthmaniyah gas compression EPC to a Saipem and Nasser Al-Hajri JV, with the Italian contractor’s share topping $1 billion.
Trench Safety Stand-Down Returns June 15 as Cave-Ins Stay Deadly
The 2026 Trench Safety Stand-Down runs June 15-19 as cave-in protection stays the top OSHA trench violation and collapses keep killing crews.
Skanska JV Wins $711.7M Hudson Tunnel Surface Alignment Contract
Skanska Creamer Sanzari JV wins the $711.7M Hudson Tunnel New Jersey Surface Alignment contract, the rail approach linking the new tube to the NEC.
Micron Picks Bechtel to Build Its Clay, New York Megafab
Micron taps Bechtel for EPC on the first phase of its Clay, New York megafab, the biggest private investment in state history and a 50,000-job bet.
Meta’s Mass Timber Data Centers Test a Lower-Carbon Build Method
Meta is building data center support structures in mass timber and low-carbon concrete, cutting embodied carbon up to 41% and offering contractors a real-world test case.
Sound Transit Rewrites Its ST3 Plan Around a $34.5B Funding Gap
Sound Transit adopted a revised ST3 plan that fully funds 13 transit projects and defers 10 more, a response to a $34.5B gap on a program now pegged near $185B.
Healthcare Planning Picks Up as Construction’s May Pipeline Stabilizes
Healthcare joined data centers to lift May construction planning, with the Dodge Momentum Index up 5.9% and a second straight month of institutional gains.
Davie Defense Breaks Ground on a $1B Texas Icebreaker Shipyard
Davie Defense broke ground on a $1B icebreaker factory at its Gulf Copper yard in Galveston, the construction front of a $3.5B Coast Guard cutter contract.
Chicago Bears Vote to Advance an Indiana Stadium, and Illinois Scrambles
The Chicago Bears voted to advance a new stadium in Hammond, Indiana, putting a roughly $1B incentive package and a cross-border tax fight at the center of the build.
Hyperion Robotics Opens UK Factory for 3D-Printed Low-Carbon Foundations
Hyperion Robotics and LKAB Minerals are opening Forge I in North Lincolnshire to robotically 3D-print low-carbon concrete foundations, 50-plus a week.
A Dating-App Playbook for Trades Recruiting Hits New Jersey Campuses
Where Trades Go borrows dating-app mechanics to match trades workers, students and schools, with verified credentials and 3,500 users across New Jersey.
Turner-Consigli JV Lands $2.3B Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Pavilion
A Turner-Consigli JV will build Memorial Sloan Kettering’s $2.3B Kenneth C. Griffin Pavilion, an 883,000-sq-ft cancer center on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.