Construction Industry News

Construction-in-progress spending climbs higher, with Top 25 firms accounting for 60%, as economists predict a megaproject boom will compound resource challenges.

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The Chicago Bears want to build a $4.6 million domed stadium on the city of Chicago's Museum Campus. 

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans a legal challenge to the rule; a construction group is weighing a similar action.

Report cites continued inflation, as well as "supply chain issues and other economic challenges" as reasons for the downward trend.

The U.S. Interior Dept. also added a sector push in announcing a schedule to lease up to 12 new U.S. offshore wind project development sites through 2028.

Construction Safety Week, the now 10-year-old, weeklong training and educational program by employers, has incorporated new participatory elements centered on the theme “value every voice.”

Access to water played a critical role in the development of Los Angeles into one of the country’s largest cities. In 1900, it covered 61 square miles and had 102,000 residents.

Commentary from the Top 500 Design Firms in 2024 reveals a shift in the use of artificial intelligence to complement design services.

Vicinity Energy installed an electric boiler in Cambridge, Mass.

Following six years of renovation, a revitalized National Air and Space Museum has a new facade and building systems.

Autodesk and Nemetschek Group have agreed to make their AEC and media-related products more interoperable via open application program interfaces. 

Ruling on 550-mile high-voltage, direct-current line to carry onshore wind from New Mexico will be appealed, project opponents said.

Thirty-nine of the projects are valued at over $10 million each. It is the largest amount the agency has ever spent on projects in a single fiscal year. 

Construction to prepare Met Life Stadium in New Jersey for the 2026 World Cup will roll through two phases.

Technology lost power nearly 400 times on England's smart motorways between June 2022 and February 2024, a BBC report found.

The Aggie Square project embraces local materials and local workers to help create a highly efficient facility.

Work is under way on two other contracts for the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project.

California rule sets limits on a carcinogen that are the same as those invalidated in 2017. 

When completed, the Brightline West high-speed rail is expected to make the trip Las Vegas and Southern California in about two hours.