Industry News & Trends Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades Report Spotlights Workforce Challenges and Priorities
Industry News & Trends Texas Halts Electric Permits for Data Centers One Week After Water-Use Directive Texas ordered the agency overseeing electric grid connections to halt data center permits until...
Industry News & Trends Army Selects Five Vendors for Nuclear Microreactors at US Bases The Army selected five private-sector vendors to develop nuclear microreactors at Fort Bragg, Fort...
Industry News & Trends More American-Made Excavators are Coming: John Deere, Volvo Commit Major manufacturers like Volvo and John Deere are reshaping the excavator market by committing to...
Industry News & Trends NVIDIA, OpenAI Back 'World's Largest AI Data Center' at Ohio’s PORTS-Pike Site
Industry News & Trends Bank of America Pledges $250B for U.S. Infrastructure as Banks Pursue AI Buildout
Industry News & Trends Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades Report Spotlights Workforce Challenges and Priorities By Marshall Benveniste October 6, 2026
Industry News & Trends Texas Halts Electric Permits for Data Centers One Week After Water-Use Directive By Marshall Benveniste September 23, 2026
Industry News & Trends Army Selects Five Vendors for Nuclear Microreactors at US Bases By Marshall Benveniste September 1, 2026
Industry News & Trends More American-Made Excavators are Coming: John Deere, Volvo Commit By Johnny Bradigan September 1, 2026
Industry News & Trends SpaceX to Build $100 Billion Louisiana Spaceport By Marshall Benveniste August 26, 2026
Industry News & Trends NVIDIA, OpenAI Back 'World's Largest AI Data Center' at Ohio’s PORTS-Pike Site By Marshall Benveniste August 18, 2026
Industry News & Trends Bank of America Pledges $250B for U.S. Infrastructure as Banks Pursue AI Buildout By Marshall Benveniste August 17, 2026
Industry News & Trends Growing Pushback Against Data Centers in Chicago, Colorado, and Massachusetts By Marshall Benveniste August 12, 2026
Industry News & Trends AGC Warns BUILD America 250 Must Be Passed Before Sept. 30 Deadline By Grant Cameron August 10, 2026
Industry News & Trends Caterpillar Posts Record Quarter, Contractor Demand Lifts Equipment Sales By Marshall Benveniste August 4, 2026
Industry News & Trends Texas Orders Audit of Data Center Projects Before Grid Connections Advance By Marshall Benveniste August 4, 2026
Industry News & Trends Data Center Construction Spending Hits Record Highs: Bloomberg, ConstructConnect Discuss What's Next on August 4 By Johnny Bradigan August 3, 2026
Industry News & Trends ABC Opens Landmark Apprenticeship Training Facility in Mount Laurel, N.J. By Don Procter July 24, 2026
Industry News & Trends U.S. Warehouse Construction Tops 305 Million Square Feet as Industrial Demand Improves By Marshall Benveniste July 22, 2026
Industry News & Trends BlackRock, Carhartt, Ford, and Google Launch Skilled-Trades Alliance with Construction Labor in Focus By Marshall Benveniste July 21, 2026
Industry News & Trends Big-Ticket Projects Signal Fresh Demand for Steel By Marshall Benveniste July 17, 2026
Industry News & Trends New York Becomes First State to Pause New Hyperscale Data Centers By Marshall Benveniste July 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends The Construction Economy Brief for July 2026 By Julie Riley, Social Media Manager July 7, 2026
Industry News & Trends ICE Enforcement Cut Construction Labor Supply, NBER Paper Finds By Devin Bell, Associate Economist July 6, 2026
Industry News & Trends Training Program Sends 16 Graduates into Skilled Trades Workforce By Marshall Benveniste July 1, 2026
Industry News & Trends Luyten Launches Tower Crane-Mounted 3D Printer for High-Rise Concrete Work By Marshall Benveniste June 30, 2026
Industry News & Trends Inflation Could Accelerate According to NABE Survey: What it Means for Construction By Devin Bell, Associate Economist June 26, 2026
Industry News & Trends July 2026 Data Center Report: Year-to-Date Spending is Four Times the 2025 Record By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist June 25, 2026
Industry News & Trends Commercial Development in Dallas a Contrast Between Emptiness and Excitement By John Bleasby June 24, 2026
Industry News & Trends DOE Backs Nuclear Supply Chain with $17.5B Loan Push for 10 Reactors By Marshall Benveniste June 24, 2026
Industry News & Trends Pipeline Perspective: What New U.S. Planning Projects are Telling Us About 2026 By Kristy O'Brien, Director of Content Acquisition June 23, 2026
Industry News & Trends Oil Prices Retreat After US-Iran Deal, but Construction Inputs May Stay Under Pressure By Devin Bell, Associate Economist June 22, 2026
Industry News & Trends Aluminum Prices Ease After Iran Shock as Trade Pressure Keeps Costs in Focus By Marshall Benveniste June 22, 2026
Industry News & Trends FERC Orders Electric Grid Operators to Improve Speed-to-Power for Data Centers and Other Large Loads By Marshall Benveniste June 19, 2026
Industry News & Trends Amazon-Backed Nuclear Energy Company Receives Environmental Approval By Devin Bell, Associate Economist June 17, 2026
Industry News & Trends Adaptive Reuse Surge: Office-to-Residential Projects Nearly Quadruple Since 2022 By Don Procter June 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends Volvo, Caterpillar’s New Machines Show Construction’s Electric and Autonomous Era has Begun By Johnny Bradigan June 15, 2026
Industry News & Trends AI Data Center Boom is Running into America’s Water Problem By Marshall Benveniste June 12, 2026
Industry News & Trends The Construction Economy Brief for June 2026 By Julie Riley, Social Media Manager June 12, 2026
Industry News & Trends Skilled-Trades Shortage Draws Fresh Corporate Investment By Marshall Benveniste June 8, 2026
Industry News & Trends Chicago Bears Moving to New Indiana Stadium, Ending Illinois Standoff By Johnny Bradigan June 5, 2026
Industry News & Trends Record Draws on Oil Inventory Deepen Market Disruption By Marshall Benveniste June 4, 2026
Industry News & Trends AEC Cares to Renovate San Diego Women's Center in Single-Day Blitz Build By Marshall Benveniste June 3, 2026
Industry News & Trends The Future of Construction Isn’t Robots, It’s Faster Decisions By Bill Boyea May 27, 2026
Industry News & Trends June 2026 Data Center Report: Construction Remains Strong as Costs Rise By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist May 27, 2026
Industry News & Trends Data Center Construction Surge Meets Growing Local Resistance By Devin Bell, Associate Economist May 26, 2026
Industry News & Trends Novelis Rebuilds U.S. Aluminum Capacity as Prices Rise and Demand is Strong By Marshall Benveniste May 20, 2026
Industry News & Trends NY Union Opens Apprenticeship Recruitment for 25 Construction Laborers By Marshall Benveniste May 20, 2026
Industry News & Trends Students in Georgia Hold Signing Day for Skilled Trades Careers By Marshall Benveniste May 18, 2026
Industry News & Trends Alaska House Advances $2.5B Capital Budget for Repairs, Schools, and Infrastructure By Marshall Benveniste May 18, 2026
Industry News & Trends Gallup Survey Finds Local Opposition to Data Centers as U.S. Construction Surges By Marshall Benveniste May 14, 2026
Industry News & Trends The Construction Economy Brief for May 2026 By Julie Riley, Social Media Manager May 14, 2026
Industry News & Trends Upstate NY Data Center Land Rush Tests Grid Limits, Communities, and Permitting By Marshall Benveniste May 12, 2026
Industry News & Trends Musk's Multiple Texas Enterprises Continue to Transform Bastrop County By John Bleasby May 12, 2026
Industry News & Trends LG Energy Solutions Announces Deal to Manufacture Battery Inputs for Tesla, Energy Storage Market Continues Advancing By Devin Bell, Associate Economist April 30, 2026
Industry News & Trends President Trump Invokes Defense Production Act Aiming to Tackle Rising Energy Needs By Devin Bell, Associate Economist April 29, 2026
Industry News & Trends Do You Know About ‘Metamaterials’? Here’s How They Will Change Commercial Construction By Johnny Bradigan April 28, 2026
Industry News & Trends May 2026 Data Center Report: The Growth Story Continues By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist April 27, 2026
Industry News & Trends Meta, CBRE Launch Program to Train Jobsite Fiber Technicians From the Ground Up By Johnny Bradigan April 22, 2026
Industry News & Trends Industry Special: ConstructConnect Announces Takeoff Boost, Built on Google Cloud, to Bring AI-Powered Efficiency to the Construction Industry By ConstructConnect April 22, 2026
Industry News & Trends Arizona’s Megaproject Boom Spurs 2026 Forecasted Surge in Civil Construction Starts By Devin Bell, Associate Economist April 21, 2026
Industry News & Trends U.S. Builders Face Cost Surge as Ongoing Iran Tensions, Uncertainty Rattle Supply Chains By Grant Cameron April 21, 2026
Industry News & Trends Stanford AI Index 2026: Data Center Boom Concentrates Risk and Environmental Costs By Marshall Benveniste April 20, 2026
Industry News & Trends AI Buildout is Intensifying the Skilled-Trades Squeeze Says Randstad USA By Marshall Benveniste April 17, 2026
Industry News & Trends Pew Research: 67% of Planned U.S. Data Centers Headed to Rural America By Marshall Benveniste April 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends U.S. Put-in-Place Construction Forecast Report: Spring 2026 Highlights By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist April 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends Once-Viral Shoe Brand Allbirds Becomes AI Company: Here’s What it Means for Construction By Johnny Bradigan April 15, 2026
Industry News & Trends The Construction Economy Brief for April 2026 By Julie Riley, Social Media Manager April 10, 2026
Industry News & Trends April Expansion Index Hits Ninth Consecutive Month of Growth, While Significant Expansion Remains Concentrated By Devin Bell, Associate Economist April 9, 2026
Industry News & Trends Don’t Overlook Semiconductors: Texas A&M Center Breaks Ground as Megaprojects Rise By Johnny Bradigan April 9, 2026
Industry News & Trends Meta Releases Open-Source AI Model to Optimize Concrete and Cement Formulas By Marshall Benveniste April 8, 2026
Industry News & Trends Virginia Makes School Construction Commission Permanent By Johnny Bradigan April 7, 2026
Industry News & Trends Boomtown in Brownsville as Energy and High Tech Bulk Up Texas Investments By John Bleasby April 7, 2026
Industry News & Trends San Diego Board to Review Proposal for $256 Million Navy Seal Museum By Marshall Benveniste April 7, 2026
Industry News & Trends Regulators Finalize First New Reactor Licensing Framework Since 1956, What It Means for Construction By Marshall Benveniste April 6, 2026
Industry News & Trends New York Offering $100M in Grants for Nature-Based Construction Projects By Johnny Bradigan April 6, 2026
Industry News & Trends Louisiana’s Construction Market Shows Broad Growth Beyond Data Centers By Devin Bell, Associate Economist April 6, 2026
Industry News & Trends Chevron, Microsoft, and Engine No. 1 Enter Exclusivity Agreement for AI Power Generation By Marshall Benveniste April 3, 2026
Industry News & Trends Scaled Down Chicago Development Harks to Industrial Past By Ron Stang April 2, 2026
Industry News & Trends April 2026 Data Center Report: Extraordinary Growth Continues By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist April 2, 2026
Industry News & Trends Battle of the Rail Barons: How a Merger is Setting the Industry on a Collision Course By The Canadian Press April 1, 2026
Industry News & Trends Georgia Power Breaks Ground on 260 MW Battery Energy Storage System Project By Marshall Benveniste April 1, 2026
Industry News & Trends Grand Rapids to Have Grand Rapids, Again By Marshall Benveniste March 31, 2026
Industry News & Trends Regulators Approve Duke Energy's New Natural Gas Facility in South Carolina By Marshall Benveniste March 31, 2026
Industry News & Trends Fort Bliss Breaks Ground on New Barracks Using 3-D Printing By Marshall Benveniste March 30, 2026
Industry News & Trends Nonresidential Construction Starts Regional Analysis - March 2026 By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist March 27, 2026
Industry News & Trends California's $600 Million Cormorant Energy Storage Project Starts Construction By Marshall Benveniste March 27, 2026
Industry News & Trends What $5 Diesel Means for the Construction Economy By Devin Bell, Associate Economist March 26, 2026
Industry News & Trends Bankruptcies Are Rising, and Construction Should Pay Attention By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist March 25, 2026
Industry News & Trends Grady Health System Unveils $1 Billion South Fulton Medical Campus Near Atlanta By Marshall Benveniste March 19, 2026
Industry News & Trends Megaproject Watch: CSL Breaks Ground on $1.5B Campus Expansion Near Chicago By Johnny Bradigan March 18, 2026
Industry News & Trends Google, DTE Energy Partner for Major Michigan Data Center and Energy Expansion By Marshall Benveniste March 18, 2026
Industry News & Trends Texas Coastal Project Flows from Concept Towards Reality By John Bleasby March 18, 2026
Industry News & Trends Brent Spence Bridge Corridor Project Set to Begin Construction: KY Governor By Marshall Benveniste March 17, 2026
Industry News & Trends How Nonbank Lenders Are Reshaping Construction Project Funding By Devin Bell, Associate Economist March 17, 2026
Industry News & Trends Former Texas Landfill to Transform into Retail Hub By Marshall Benveniste March 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends Google Plans $1 Billion Expansion of North Carolina Data Center Campus By Marshall Benveniste March 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends Powered Land Offers Potential Energy Solution Amid Data Center Boom By Devin Bell, Associate Economist March 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends Spring 2026 US Construction Forecast: Modest Growth Amid Economic Uncertainty By Michael Guckes, Chief Economist March 16, 2026
Industry News & Trends Data Center Survey: Growing Industry Has Mixed Public Perception By Marshall Benveniste March 13, 2026
Industry News & Trends America First Refining Announces Construction of the First New US Oil Refinery in 50 Years By Marshall Benveniste March 12, 2026
Industry News & Trends BlackRock’s $100M Initiative to Address Skilled Trades Shortage By Marshall Benveniste March 11, 2026
Industry News & Trends Rail Project Advances to Construction Phase at Port of Moses Lake By Marshall Benveniste March 11, 2026
Industry News & Trends Recycled Turbine Blades Power Sustainable Construction By Marshall Benveniste March 11, 2026
Industry News & Trends US Utilities Embrace Grid-Enhancing Tech Amid Surging Power Demand By Marshall Benveniste March 10, 2026
