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bloomberg.com - Chloe Meley - Data Center Exposure Is Saving Grace for Construction Firms
Data Center Exposure Is Saving Grace for Construction Firms
Bloomberg

Construction and building materials companies in Europe dealing with a struggling housing market and weak industrial activity are pivoting to the one area that is booming right now: data centers. Mentions of “data centers” in the…

bloomberg.com - Tracy Alloway - How Insurance Costs Make NYC Construction So Expensive
How Insurance Costs Make NYC Construction So Expensive
Bloomberg

It's hard to imagine New York City becoming significantly more affordable as long as it remains so expensive to build things. Whether we're talking about new housing or transportation, the city is a famously expensive place to do construction.

prnewswire.com - Buildots - Bouygues Bâtiment Industrie Selects Buildots to Monitor the Construction of a 44,000 m² Logistics Platform in the Val-d'Oise Using AI
Bouygues Bâtiment Industrie Selects Buildots to Monitor the Construction of a 44,000 m² Logistics Platform in the Val-d'Oise Using AI
Cision PR Newswire

A Technology that enhances precision, collaboration, and schedule reliability To optimize site management, Bouygues Bâtiment Industrie teams are equipped by Buildots with 360° cameras that automatically capture progress within interior…

bloomberg.com - Watch How Insurance Costs Make NYC Construction so Expensive | Odd Lots
Watch How Insurance Costs Make NYC Construction so Expensive | Odd Lots
Bloomberg

It's hard to imagine NYC becoming significantly more affordable as long as it's so expensive to build things. Whether we're talking about new housing or transportation, the city is a famously expensive place to do construction. There are reports of…

theadvocate.com - Haley Miller - This LSU-designed exoskeleton could help prevent construction injuries - particularly for women
This LSU-designed exoskeleton could help prevent construction injuries - particularly for women
The Advocate

Tucked away in a lab in the LSU Human Ecology Building, an exoskeleton resembling a minimalist super suit hung from a female mannequin. A lightweight orange harness wrapped around the shoulders, attaching around the curve of the waist with…

thebaynet.com - Office of the Maryland Attorney General - Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit To Stop Construction Of ICE Detention Facility
Attorney General Brown Files Lawsuit To Stop Construction Of ICE Detention Facility
The BayNet

NOTE: The Maryland Office of the Attorney General shared the following press release: Lawsuit Challenges Federal Purchase of Warehouse Without Required Environmental Review or State Consultation BALTIMORE, Md. – Attorney General Anthony G.

grimsbytelegraph.co.uk - Coreena Ford - Construction to start on Scunthorpe's multimillion-pound surgical hub
Construction to start on Scunthorpe's multimillion-pound surgical hub
Grimsby Live

Work is soon set to start on the construction of a new multimillion-pound surgical hub in Scunthorpe. One Health Group is forging ahead with plans to open its very first UK hub in Lincolnshire later this year - a centre which will focus on carrying…

axios.com - Abbey Higginbotham - Construction union pickets Port KC over wage dispute
Construction union pickets Port KC over wage dispute
Axios

Union construction workers began picketing Port KC this month, saying wage loopholes and weak labor standards are undercutting local workers. Why it matters: Port KC is central to KC's major developments, from billion-dollar data centers to…

odt.co.nz - Sod-turning marks construction start
Sod-turning marks construction start
Otago Daily Times Online News

Construction has begun on Milton's Elsie Stewart Community Library and Pool following a ceremonial sod turning on February 10, 2026. The event at the site between Union and Ajax Sts brought together Clutha District Council representatives…

wpbf.com - Rachael Perry - Riviera Beach begins construction on new water treatment facility
Riviera Beach begins construction on new water treatment facility
WPBF

Riviera Beach begins construction on new water treatment facility NEWS. THANK YOU. JAY. THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH BREAKS GROUND ON A NEW WATER TREATMENT PLANT. THIS COMES FOLLOWING YEARS OF SERIOUS ISSUES WITH WATER QUALITY THERE. THE CITY HOPES…

koreaherald.com - Lee Han-gyoul - HD Construction Equipment to debut next-gen lineup at CONEXPO
HD Construction Equipment to debut next-gen lineup at CONEXPO
The Korea Herald

HD Construction Equipment will debut nine next-generation machines at Conexpo-Con/Agg 2026, North America's largest construction trade show, to be held March 3-7 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The exhibition marks the company's first major…

denver7.com - Britney Reader - Arvada cancels W. 72nd Avenue underpass project as construction costs rise
Arvada cancels W. 72nd Avenue underpass project as construction costs rise
KMGH

ARVADA, Colo. — Arvada is canceling the third phase of the W. 72nd Avenue Bond Project because of the steep construction price increase. In 2018, voters approved $64.5 million to support the widening of W. 72nd Avenue and a new underpass…

tmj4.com - Alex Gaul - TMJ4 gets exclusive look at $15B Port Washington data center construction: 'We want to be a good neighbor'
TMJ4 gets exclusive look at $15B Port Washington data center construction: 'We want to be a good neighbor'
TMJ4 News

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — Steel beams are set to arrive next week at the site of a $15 billion data center campus under construction north of downtown Port Washington, near Interstate 43. TMJ4 was the first TV crew to report from the massive…

firstcoastnews.com - Channing Curtis - We're on schedule': Jaguars President addresses Stadium of the Future construction updates
We're on schedule': Jaguars President addresses Stadium of the Future construction updates
firstcoastnews.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Good news has come out of the construction zone that is EverBank Stadium. The Jaguars organization addressed the media on Wednesday, where they announced that construction on the ' Stadium of the Future ' is on schedule…

enr.com - Bryan Gottlieb - Section 122 Tariffs Leave Construction Cost Exposure Largely Intact
Section 122 Tariffs Leave Construction Cost Exposure Largely Intact
ENR

Global Trade Alert, a trade-policy monitoring group, estimates the U.S. trade-weighted average tariff rate now stands at 13.2% — below the pre-ruling 15.3% level but well above the 8.3% rate that would have applied absent a replacement…

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