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Skanska Wins $1.2B Deal for Four Data Centers in Southeast US

Skanska will build four data centers totaling 808,000 square feet in the southeastern US under a $1.2 billion contract, with construction running from Q3 2026 through Q3 2028, ConDig reports.

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Industry

FRA Awards $5.3B for Rail Crossings, Track Upgrades in 23 States

The Federal Railroad Administration's $5.3 billion rail package will fund the closure of over 30 grade crossings and upgrades to 1,000 more, opening civil and infrastructure bid work across multiple states.

Aug 19, 2026

Editorial image: Grade crossing bridge construction golden-hour - FRA Awards $5.3B for Rail Crossings, Track Upgrades in 23 States

Industry

AECOM Hunt-Turner-HORUS JV Tapped for $2.3B Tampa Bay Rays Stadium

A selection committee ranked AECOM Hunt, Turner Construction and HORUS Construction Services as top pick for the Tampa Bay Rays' $2.3 billion stadium, pending financing approval from Tampa and Hillsborough County.

Aug 19, 2026

Industry

PURIS Expands Water Infrastructure Platform With Amici Acquisition

PURIS LLC has acquired Florida-based Amici Engineering Contractors, adding underground water and utility infrastructure capabilities including horizontal directional drilling to its national platform, Trenchless Technology reports.

Aug 9, 2026

Editorial image: HDD drill rig at dawn - PURIS Expands Water Infrastructure Platform With Amici Acquisition

Compliance

Turner Industries Diversifies Beyond Petroleum as Safety Becomes a Selling Point

ENR profiles Turner Industries' pivot from a 93%-petroleum backlog into data centers, pharma, carbon capture, and nuclear work, with safety metrics driving the expansion strategy.

Aug 4, 2026

Workforce

Inside a 16-Hour, 8,400-Yard Mat Pour Below Miami's Water Table

Engineering News-Record details how Coastal Construction sequenced a continuous 8,400-cubic-yard mat foundation pour beneath a 62-story Sunny Isles Beach tower, offering a field-ops blueprint for groundwater control, batch-plant logistics and curing on complex South Florida sites.

Aug 4, 2026

Industry

Data Center Boom Fuels Record Revenue for Texas, Southeast Contractors

ENR's 2026 Texas & Southeast Top Contractors list shows data center and civic work driving double-digit revenue growth, with DPR, HITT Contracting and Turner posting major gains.

Aug 4, 2026

Industry

Florida's First Mass-Timber Office Tower Tackles Hurricanes, Tariffs

ENR reports that StructureCraft's build of Fort Lauderdale's T3 FAT Village, Florida's first large-scale mass timber office project, required custom lateral bracing for 120 mph winds and rapid logistics moves to dodge Canadian lumber tariffs.

Aug 3, 2026

Industry

Balfour Beatty Tops Out $385M Grand Hyatt Miami Beach

Balfour Beatty has topped out the 800-room Grand Hyatt Miami Beach, a $385 million project featuring a climate-controlled skybridge to the city's convention center, Construction Dive reports.

Aug 3, 2026

Compliance

State Heat Rules Multiply as Federal OSHA Standard Stalls Past 2027

ISHN reports that OSHA's heat illness rule is stuck in supplemental rulemaking until at least October 2027, while seven states now enforce their own heat standards, creating a compliance patchwork for multi-state contractors.

Jul 31, 2026

Industry

Florida-Corps Deal Speeds Up $3.9B Everglades Reservoir to 2029

Florida and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed an agreement to accelerate the Everglades Agricultural Area reservoir project, moving completion up five years to 2029, ENR reports.

Jul 29, 2026

Industry

The Pentagon Wants to Build Data Centers. Congress Would Like a Word.

Lawmakers are pushing new oversight requirements on Defense Department plans to lease military land for AI data centers, citing energy, water, and community impacts.

Jul 25, 2026

Editorial image: Data center construction on military desert land - The Pentagon Wants to Build Data Centers. Congress Would Like a Word.

Industry

Major GCs Post Big Contract Wins Across Data Centers, Rail and Health Care This Summer

Construction Dive rounds up summer 2026 project wins, from a $100B Micron megafab to a $3.5B California rail contract, showing where major GC bidding activity is concentrated.

Jul 22, 2026

Industry

Chesapeake Utilities Plans $1.2B Gas Pipeline for South Florida

Chesapeake Utilities has proposed a $1.2 billion, 24-inch intrastate gas pipeline from Palm Beach to Miami-Dade County, creating early bid opportunities for engineering, right-of-way, and pipefitting contractors ahead of a targeted 2030 in-service date.

Jul 15, 2026

Editorial image: Future pipeline corridor at dawn - Chesapeake Utilities Plans $1.2B Gas Pipeline for South Florida

Industry

DOE Draft Report Ties $12B Congestion Costs to Transfer Capacity Gaps

A DOE draft study finds transmission congestion cost $12 billion in 2024 and identifies interregional transfer capacity as the top fix, flagging ERCOT, the Southeast, and Northeast links as priority zones.

Jul 10, 2026

Industry

Data Center Planning Cools in June, But Overall Construction Pipeline Stays Strong

Dodge Construction Network reports data center project planning eased in June after months of record growth, even as institutional and commercial construction picked up elsewhere.

Jul 9, 2026

Revenue

Brasfield & Gorrie Named ENR Southeast's 2026 Contractor of the Year

Brasfield & Gorrie posted record $7.7 billion revenue in 2025, driven by an internal joint-venture model and more than $2 billion in data center and hyperscale campus work.

Jul 2, 2026

Industry

Turner Industries Wins 2026 ENR Texas Contractor of the Year Award

ENR Texas & Southeast named Turner Industries its 2026 Contractor of the Year, citing the firm's expansion beyond refining into carbon capture, life sciences, and nuclear fabrication.

Jul 2, 2026

Editorial image: fabrication bay at dusk - Turner Industries Wins 2026 ENR Texas Contractor of the Year Award

Industry

Senate Bill Targets Federal Permitting Overhaul to Unlock Energy Infrastructure Construction

Senator Alan Armstrong has introduced the American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan package that would streamline FERC authority, reform Clean Water Act Section 401, and curb NEPA delays for energy and mineral projects.

Jun 26, 2026

Editorial image: Capitol night, permitting reform - Senate Bill Targets Federal Permitting Overhaul to Unlock Energy Infrastructure Construction

Industry

HRSG Desuperheater Failure After Seven Years Offers Maintenance Contractors a Hard Lesson

A case study from Inspectioneering Journal examines an attemperator desuperheater failure at a facility running five HRSG units, highlighting the risks of long-cycle equipment degradation in combined cycle and industrial power plants.

Jun 26, 2026

Industry

NIST Findings Reveal Surfside Collapse Began Weeks Before Failure, Cite Design and Construction Deficiencies

NIST's June 2026 technical report on the Champlain Towers South collapse found that design flaws, construction deviations, added loads, and long-term corrosion combined to fatally narrow the building's structural safety margins.

Jun 24, 2026

Editorial image: Dawn concrete collapse investigation - NIST Findings Reveal Surfside Collapse Began Weeks Before Failure, Cite Design and Construction Deficiencies

Industry

Boardwalk's Kosciusko Junction Pipeline Project Eyes Early 2028 Completion

Boardwalk Pipeline's Kosciusko Junction project may come online ahead of schedule in 2028, potentially accelerating midstream construction activity across the Southeast.

Jun 23, 2026

Workforce

Construction Compensation Growth Cooling in 2026, Survey Data Shows

Salary increases for construction staff are trending back toward pre-pandemic norms, with average increases forecast to fall below 4% for the first time since 2020, according to ENR's Q2 2026 Cost Report.

Jun 18, 2026

Editorial image: Quiet yard, workforce plateau - Construction Compensation Growth Cooling in 2026, Survey Data Shows

Industry

Data Center Construction Claims Are Surging — Here's What the Loss Data Shows

A Zurich analysis of more than 500 insured data center projects identifies the top loss drivers hitting contractors and owners, with lessons for managing risk during construction and phased handovers.

May 30, 2026

Editorial image: Data center phased handover risk - Data Center Construction Claims Are Surging — Here's What the Loss Data Shows

Industry

Skanska and Granite Win $80M Ruling Against Lane in Florida I-4 Megaproject Dispute

A federal appeals court has affirmed an $80 million judgment stemming from the troubled $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate P3 project in Florida, offering a rare look at how joint venture disputes can spiral when partner incentives diverge.

May 27, 2026

Editorial image: Disputed JV contract documents - Skanska and Granite Win $80M Ruling Against Lane in Florida I-4 Megaproject Dispute

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