The Dodge Momentum Index rose 2.4% in September on a 9.4% jump in institutional planning. Without data centers, commercial planning is down 14.9%.
Worthington Steel’s first quarter with Kloeckner tripled sales to $2.73 billion and posted a $10 million loss. Legacy steel prices rose 6% from a year ago.
Data center electrical contractors now get 12 to 18 months per job, an ArchKey executive told NECA. One project needed 20 truckloads of cable tray alone.
John Deere’s SmartGrade box blades bring 2D and laser grade control to its 333 and 335 P-Tier track loaders. Full 3D has no date and no price is listed.
TeraWulf’s Muskie Data Campus in Kentucky doubled to 1 GW of contracted power. Kentucky Power’s 765-kV substation starts in 2027 and no builder is named.
Advanced Drainage Systems agreed to buy StormTrap for $530 million. The precast stormwater firm earns a 24% margin and licenses production to 11 plants.
DOL withdrew a 2025 plan to remove nine FLSA interpretive bulletins. The construction overtime coverage guidance in 29 CFR 776 stays in the federal code.
A University of Colorado incident investigation bias tool cut bias indicators for 14 of 20 construction safety pros in a simulated test with no control group.
EPA’s 2027 HFC allowances cap refrigerant consumption at 181.5 million MTEVe. Three chemical producers hold about half, and the cap halves in 2029.
HUD’s 2027 DDA and QCT designations for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit apply to allocations after Dec. 31, 2026. A 730-day rule protects filed deals.
The ISM Services PMI read 54.9 in September with new orders at 59.8. Construction was the one industry of 14 reporting that its orders fell last month.
Data center contractors at JE Dunn, HITT and Mortenson say community backlash isn’t delaying builds. It’s stretching preconstruction and start dates.
CMC Rock’s new Utah wash plant is projected to add 800,000 tons of concrete aggregate a year. The company says 2026 output is fully contracted.
CGA’s new damage prevention technology grant offers up to $25,000 a year for one-year pilots. Its own study prices utility strikes at $83.2 billion.
Bayer’s $2.2 billion Ohio pharma campus has Fluor on early design only. The detailed designer, CM and general contractor stay open until early 2027.
Construction Partners acquired J.H. Strain & Sons’ two Abilene asphalt plants and 125 workers for Lone Star Paving. It disclosed no price or revenue.
The NYC DOB enforcement bulletin for August lists 13 failure-to-safeguard penalties worth $130,000. Most involved risks to the public, not the crew.
HUD’s Section 3 benchmarks stay at 25% and 5% of labor hours on funded projects. The agency says six years of reporting still isn’t enough to change them.