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Florida Staff Backs SpaceX's 32-Mile Cape Canaveral Gas Pipeline

SpaceX subsidiary Coastal Connect Services seeks Florida approval for a 32.4-mile, 16-inch gas pipeline to Cape Canaveral. Regulators' staff recommended approval, but no final order or contractor has been reported.

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Industry

Emera to Acquire Canadian Utilities in $72B Merger of Equals

Emera and Canadian Utilities plan to merge into a $72 billion utility with six million customers. Alberta and Florida would drive about 80% of earnings, but no project or bid stage exists yet.

Oct 7, 2026

Editorial image: Two utility trucks, substation night - Emera to Acquire Canadian Utilities in $72B Merger of Equals

Industry

DOT Awards $426M in INFRA Grants Across 12 States, Led by Kentucky and I-4

The U.S. DOT awarded $426 million in INFRA grants to projects in 12 states. The largest are an $85.1 million Kentucky highway and $85 million of lane additions on Florida's I-4.

Oct 6, 2026

Editorial image: Aerial highway widening corridor - DOT Awards $426M in INFRA Grants Across 12 States, Led by Kentucky and I-4

Compliance

OSHA Proposes $165,514 Penalty After HDD Worker Killed by Pipe Stem

OSHA cited Orlando-based T & T Pipeline Co. for a willful violation after a worker was struck by a rotating pipe stem during drill-bit replacement in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Oct 3, 2026

Industry

Civil Contractors Rack Up Federal Awards as Jacobs Lands $131M OKC Water Deal

Construction Dive's weekly roundup shows Jacobs, Skanska, Brasfield & Gorrie and Granite Construction landing government infrastructure contracts worth over $300 million combined, offering fresh benchmarks for subs pricing similar public works scopes.

Sep 13, 2026

Industry

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.

Aug 20, 2026

Editorial image: Data center shells under construction dusk - Skanska Wins $1.2B Deal for Four Data Centers in Southeast US

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

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