Month: July 2025

California walks back environmental law for housing, advanced manufacturing

The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act could greatly speed up the issuance of…

Construction Dive’s June 2025 economic roundup

Higher material costs and weaker spending suggest growing pressure across the construction industry.

Skanska, FlatironDragados win $1B DC bridge upgrade

The roughly 1-mile span will ease congestion for both freight and passenger rail along the…

Loss of 179D deduction could derail office conversions

Although the deduction is about making commercial buildings energy efficient, it’s been key to owners’…

Construction spending drops for fourth straight month

High interest rates, fluctuating material prices and labor uncertainty mean that activity may not rebound…

How synthetic lichens can launch Martian construction

The NASA-funded system can form building materials with no outside intervention, which could lead to…

Suffolk starts $750M New York hospital expansion

The Boston-based contractor will use its proprietary artificial intelligence-based steel tracking system, along with handheld…

Data center vacancy rates hit record low

As AI adoption ramped up, colocation facility rental rates rose precipitously during the first three…

6 ways employers can lower healthcare costs in 2025

"Employers have absorbed the majority of cost increases over the past four years, and they…

Return to office doesn’t mean rewind to 2019, conference speaker says

COVID-19 transformed the workplace as much as desktop computers, HR Transformed’s CEO said. Her tip…