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How Louisiana's community colleges are preparing the construction workforce
Baton Rouge Community College construction management professor Gery Frie wore a few hats before teaching. He started his own carpentry business, specializing in construction repairs and renovations. He enrolled in seminary school for a short…
OpenAI is a house still under construction-but no one agrees what it's made of
Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman. In this edition, I compare OpenAI to a house made of…well, no one really knows. Also: OpenAI launches a ChatGPT app store (we'll see if it fares better than their previous custom GPT…
Construction starts on new North Sacramento library expected to open in 2027
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Construction started last month on a new North Sacramento library, officials said. In 2021, the city of Sacramento bought the former Sacramento News & Review headquarters, a 19,000-square-foot building located at 1124…
The House just passed a bill to curb environmental lawsuits and speed up construction projects
Real estate developers, energy companies, and federal agencies could soon see project construction times shrink, thanks to a bill that was just passed by the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the House advanced the Standardizing Permitting and…
National Safety Council, construction safety foundation launch free tool
The National Safety Council and the construction safety organization NCCCO Foundation have introduced a free digital tool to help employers identify safety gaps before they lead to serious incidents or workplace fatalities. The Organizational…
Construction firm submits plans for new 92-bed hotel in Orkney
The project would be built on the site of the former Jewson's Yard between Junction Road and Great Western Road, next to the town's travel centre. The building would also include a bar and restaurant. A “public green space” would also…
Why your business can't afford to wait on cheques: Insights from a construction group's payment overhaul
Payment processes in the construction industry tend to be paper-based and manual. Even when dealing with thousands of business partners, subcontractors and suppliers, payments were typically made by cheque. Lian Beng Group experienced this…
Only 20 percent Swiss wood is used in the construction of the Biel/Bienne campus
Around 12,000 cubic meters of wood were used in the new Biel/Bienne University of Applied Sciences campus - but only a fraction comes from Swiss forests. Politicians and the industry criticize the canton. Around 12,000 cubic meters of wood will be…
Rowland Hall construction: Here's what's planned for the newest campus of Utah's oldest school
Utah's oldest school is set to bring its upper and lower grades together on one campus for the first time in four decades. Rowland Hall's students have long been split between two locations, but that is set to change next December — if all…
Cyprus businesses invited to London construction exhibition
Innovate UK, in collaboration with the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN), is organising business-to-business (B2B) meetings during the Futurebuild 2026 Construction Sector Exhibition in London from March 3 to March 5, 2026. According to the…
2026 Oracle Construction Predictions: Cloud as the Foundation, AI the Brain, Data the Lifeblood
The construction industry's era of incremental change is over. The conversations about “digital transformation” have grown stale. The future isn't about digitizing old processes; but about building a new operating model from the…
4-year-old girl killed as bricks fall from under-construction building in Bengaluru
A 4-year-old child died after 10-12 hollow bricks fell on a temporary shed in Bengaluru on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Manushree. The child was staying with her mother, Madhu, and two siblings, Shriyan, 6, and Shekar, 5, at a…
Union pulls trigger on industry deal promising 'unprecedented power'
The construction industry's most militant union has pulled the trigger for one multi-employer agreement covering the entire NSW electrical contracting industry, threatening to blow up construction costs and hand the union unprecedented bargaining…
Top Construction Stocks To Follow Now - December 18th
3 Stocks Most Likely to Split in 2026 Caterpillar, CRH, and Lennar are the three Construction stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Construction stocks are shares of companies involved in building and infrastructure…
Cyprus construction material prices ease from last month but rise annually
Construction material prices showed a modest year-on-year increase in November, according to a report by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The Price Index of Construction Materials reached 118.63 units in November 2025, using 2021 as the…
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