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  • Fujifilm awarded Jacobs a contract on its $3.2 billion plant in Holly Springs, North Carolina.
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    Construction’s manufacturing boom: Mapping the biggest facilities underway in the US

    New additions to the tracker include a $525 million Polar Semiconductor plant in Bloomington, Minnesota, and a $294 million Boviet Solar manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina.

    Updated May 24, 2024
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    Sponsored by NCCER

    Contractors: Focus on the skills gap, not the people shortage, for immediate impact

    Online training solutions will play an important role in helping contractors develop teams for peak performance.

  • A sign of the NIBS Building Innovation Conference stands in the Washington Hilton Hotel on Sept. 6
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    Top construction events for the second half of 2024

    It’s time to plan ahead. Ellajon has you covered with a full list of industry conferences, expos and meetings on tap for the rest of the year.

    Updated April 30, 2024
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    Honolulu breaks ground on $174M wastewater project

    Synagro-WWT, Hensel Phelps and Yogi Kwong Engineers will upgrade the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.

  • A worker assembles Volkswagen's ID.3 electric car at a factory in Germany.
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    Trump could roll back Inflation Reduction Act tax credits if reelected

    Volkswagen and Samsung SDI leaders expressed concerns at a conference last week about the stability of the IRA should the administration change.

  • A rendering shows the vision for two residential towers in Beverly Hills, California.
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    Courtesy of Foster + Partners & Kerry Hill Architects
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    Cain International, OKO Group start $5B mixed-use development in California

    Turner Construction will lead site management on One Beverly Hills, which includes two condo towers and an Aman Group hotel.

  • New York City skyline with urban skyscrapers at sunset
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    Executive Moves

    Former Lendlease exec joins NYC advisory firm

    The Australian contractor’s operations director in the Big Apple, Scott Weisberg, is moving to PML.

  • The development team expects delivery of the first residences in 2026, and the overall master plan to complete over a 10-year period, according to Gotham.
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    Church kicks off $1B Brooklyn affordable housing project

    The first phase of the Innovative Urban Village includes 376 affordable units and retail and commercial space.

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    Q&A

    ‘We’ve come a long way,’ says Skanska sustainability director

    In the past decade, it’s gotten easier and less expensive to pursue green construction, according to Tolga Tutar.

  • New York City Mayor Eric Adams fields questions during a press conference.
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    NYC approves second set of zoning changes

    The updates remove a decades-old rule that barred certain commercial building uses, among the changes that aim to boost commercial corridors, promote life sciences activity and bolster manufacturing in the city.

  • A picture shows Peter Murawski and Patrick Haddigan, two Turner Construction superintendents, in their beekeeping gear.
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    In construction, and beekeeping, it’s all about communication

    Two Turner Construction superintendents who tend hives say both pursuits come down to listening to your workers and having a Plan B.

  • Chicago skyline with high rises
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    Worker sues Turner, subcontractor after deadly Chicago fall

    Ironworker Jeffrey Spyrka survived after plunging eight stories from a scaffold last week. His coworker, technical engineer David O’Donnell, was pronounced dead at the scene.

  • An aerial view shows a project site undergoing construction in Austin, Texas,
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    Economic Reports

    Construction input prices drop for first time in 2024

    Lower material costs also signal the potential for reduced interest rates due to slowing inflation, said Associated Builders and Contractors’ chief economist.

  • Offshore wind turbines in the ocean.
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    Local opposition to renewable energy projects ‘widespread and growing’: Columbia University report

    The report tracks 395 local restrictions on renewable energy development, with 55 of those emerging in the last year.

  • A group of people on strike pose with protest signs.
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    Courtesy of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 139
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    Strikes in Wisconsin, Seattle snarl jobsites

    As construction workers walk off the job for better pay this summer, unions are in a strong position to demand higher wages, according to a labor expert.

  • A large white pipe lies in a dirt trench, stretching toward mountains in the background.
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    $7.85B Mountain Valley Pipeline construction complete

    The much-delayed project received a green light from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on June 11.

  • A rendering of an apartment building, with people milling about in front, with green grass on a sunny day.
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    Project Wins

    Gilbane to develop $100M Purdue University dorm project

    The four-story, 213,000-square-foot apartment complex on the college's Fort Wayne, Indiana, campus is part of a public-private partnership.

  • The 72,578-square-foot medical facility is set to introduce 96 new patient beds and will serve more than 1.2 million people across 45 counties in Pennsylvania.
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    Project Milestones

    Warfel starts $36M Pennsylvania behavioral health build

    The East Petersburg, Pennsylvania-based construction firm expects to complete construction by the spring of 2025.

  • The 165-foot wide crossing, scheduled to be completed in 2026, will blend into the surroundings and allow wildlife to roam above the busy freeway where up to 300,000 vehicles pass daily.
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    Economic Reports

    Backlog shrinks after 2 months of gains

    While manufacturing and infrastructure spending keeps contractors busy, material price escalation has reemerged in recent months, said ABC’s chief economist.

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    Permission granted by Clayco
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    Executive Moves

    Clayco names chief information officer

    With experience that spans the military as well as global computing firms, Jeff Miller will oversee the contractor’s IT and security initiatives.

  • A roomful of people at booths chat back and forth about their products and services. Folks are dressed business-casual.
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    ConTech Conversations

    The ways contractors are using AI on jobsites now

    Benefits of using the tech on building projects include a competitive safety culture, risk mitigation and flagging contracts for delay provisions.

  • A completed, empty, modern interior of a bank. A desk that says "LGE Community Credit Union" is visible in the background.
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    Q&A // ConTech Conversations

    How ‘Billy the Bot’ helps Cork Howard Construction streamline accounts payable

    Milissa Douglas, controller for the Marietta, Georgia-based general contractor, uses the artificial intelligence-based assistant to streamline invoice management.

  • In an aerial view, the cargo ship Dali sits in the water after running into and collapsing the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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    Project Wins

    Skanska inks deal for Key Bridge removal

    The Maryland Transportation Authority contracted the Sweden-based company for $50 million to remove and dispose of debris of the ill-fated span.

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    Project Milestones

    Work begins on Virginia airport’s $920M overhaul

    Norfolk International will see a series of upgrades and rehabilitation projects in the coming years, many of which have been recently awarded.

  • Rust-colored, V-shaped transmission towers carry power lines across a barren desert landscape with rugged, treeless mountains in the background.
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    NV Energy proposes 400 MW gas peakers, more than 1 GW each of solar, storage

    The cost of the Greenlink Nevada transmission project has risen 70%, to $4.2 billion, due to inflation, supply chain constraints and labor costs, the utility said.

  • A green electric skid steer machine from Bobcat sits on a construction site.
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    Turner uses electric skid steer at Berkeley’s $550M Gateway project

    The quieter equipment will allow crews to work with minimal disruption to classes at the University of California.