Month: September 2026

NC State to study adoption of upgraded construction helmets

Using a grant from the Job-Site Safety Institute, the university will analyze the path toward…

Virginia’s new data center rules raise questions for construction

The biggest consequences from Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s executive order limiting state assistance and expedited permitting…

Mortenson: Mass timber use shaved $2M in costs from college build

The alternative building material and careful value engineering helped a building at Western Washington University…

Sundt breaks ground on $92M Texas water project

The contractor won a guaranteed maximum price contract for work on the Pecan Creek Water…

Cities get more say in data center development under new California laws

Data center developers must disclose energy and water use, pay more for grid infrastructure and…

The next data center bottleneck isn’t power. It’s public support.

The fact that even Texas has taken steps to slow the speed of data center…

How a construction newbie learned to manage O’Hare’s $8.8B infrastructure project

Chicago Department of Aviation’s Zach Baughman is a lawyer, not a builder. That means he’s…

Walbridge’s new data center firm snatches JLL leader

Matt Landek, who served as global president of data centers and critical environments at JLL,…

AECOM picks new chief legal officer

Manav Kumar, who joined the firm in 2017, will take over the top legal spot…

Construction groundbreakings tumbled 25%, megaproject starts slowed

Activity through the first eight months of 2026 still outpaced levels at this time last…