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Congress extended IIJA surface transportation funding to Dec. 11, but left out advance appropriations, threatening bridge programs and new state DOT lettings, Construction Dive reports.
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14 min readNew Jersey hit DataOne's Vineland AI data center with a $1.07 million penalty for running 62 unpermitted natural-gas generators, exposing the temporary power gaps hyperscale projects face while permanent grid or off-grid capacity comes online.
Eli Lilly has started construction on a $6.5 billion manufacturing facility in Houston, with Bechtel's manufacturing and technology unit reportedly supporting the project, Construction Dive reports.
The Air Force named 35 contractors to a $3.5B environmental construction vehicle while the Army awarded $107.6M for Fort Stewart facilities work, according to Construction Dig's morning briefing.
NYSERDA has contracted eight battery storage projects and 13 large-scale renewable projects totaling 1.7 GW, with $3.7 billion in private investment expected across New York state.
Dodge Construction Network data cited by Engineering News-Record shows total construction starts up 17% year-to-date, with data center and office construction up 118% while residential and warehouse work decline.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board's final report on the June 2025 Shell Polymers Monaca furnace explosion cites a mislabeled valve interface and reliance on administrative controls as root causes, with two recommendations for engineered safeguards.
