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SpaceX's proposed 10-pad, $100 billion Starbase Louisiana complex could generate over 34,000 construction jobs on Gulf Coast marshland, but contractor selection, workforce breakdowns and phasing remain undisclosed.
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What subcontractors are liable for when field personnel create conflict on a GC-managed site, and how to protect your contracts before it becomes a termination issue.
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No oilfield experience? No problem. Learn which certifications, service lines, and job boards actually get tradespeople and CDL holders hired.
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What to do after a jobsite injury or incident, what your rights are before signing incident reports, how workers' compensation works, and how to protect yourself on multi-employer worksites.
14 min readNew York City will spend $4 billion rehabilitating a 1.5-mile stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, with construction starting in 2030 and running a decade, Construction Dive reports.
Enbridge is acquiring Salt Creek Midstream's crude oil gathering business for $600 million, adding 500 miles of Delaware Basin infrastructure tied to its Ingleside export terminal.
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit denied challenges to FERC's approval of Venture Global's CP2 LNG terminal and CP Express Pipeline in Louisiana, removing a major legal obstacle to construction.
ISHN outlines why contract workers get hurt more often than permanent staff, citing induction gaps, weaker supervision, and underreporting, with a case study showing a 40% injury drop after fixes.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's new GRID requirements force data center developers to pay for power infrastructure and secure local approvals, joining New York and Texas in tightening data center oversight, Construction Dive reports.
Kentucky regulators approved a 482-MW electric-service deal for TeraWulf's Hawesville data center, showing how former industrial sites with existing transmission can skip the interconnection queue slowing other AI projects.
