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Major Data Center Developer Rents Floating Prison Barge to House Contract Construction Workers
What does it take to get a hyperscale data center built this late into 2026? A whole army of contract laborers living on a prison barge, apparently. New reporting by Bloomberg revealed some bizarre details around the 30-megawatt data center being…
Lee Presses Cabinet to Speed Up Housing Construction to Contain Soaring Home Prices
Anchor: President Lee Jae Myung wants to cut the time required for administrative procedures before new homes can be built. During a meeting on Tuesday, he instructed his officials to find ways to speed up housing construction amid soaring prices.
AI Data Center Demand Reshapes a Rebounding US Industrial Construction Market
100.1M SQ FT Build-to-suit and owner-user industrial construction underway 32.4% Share of the U.S. industrial construction pipeline 26.8% Five-year average share for build-to-suit and owner-user construction The firm counted 33 speculative…
Media Construct Conspiracy Theories About Trump's Diesel Deal
President Donald Trump explained he wants more diesel on the market to lower costs for American “farmers, ranchers, and truckers” in announcing a new diesel deal with Russia. The propaganda press quickly responded to the affordability…
UK care home construction firm plunges into administration - over 50 jobs lost
The care home construction company has entered administration. Over 50 jobs have been lost after a care home construction company plunged into administration. The firm, which specialises in building care homes, retirement living, and residential…
NPR Poll Finds 58% of Voters See Data Center Construction as Harmful
NPR reported its latest poll with PBS and Marist found 58% of voters thought data center construction by technology companies would negatively affect the country, adding a measure of public opinion to the run-up to the U.S. midterms. The same poll…
Construction damages fiber line near Mount Dora, leaving residents and nonprofit without internet for days
MOUNT DORA, Fla. – A construction project intended to improve traffic in Lake County has left nearby residents and a local nonprofit dealing with a different kind of disruption: days without reliable internet and, for some, telephone…
UK threatens sanctions against companies involved in E1 construction
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband warned Monday that companies and individuals participating in construction projects in the E1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim could face British sanctions, as tensions between Israel and the United…
Construction Stocks Worth Watching - October 20th
Is the Fed Playing Chess With Rates—Or Just Behind the Curve Again? Caterpillar, Quanta Services, Comfort Systems USA, Lowe's Companies, Deere & Company, CRH, and Martin Marietta Materials are the seven Construction stocks to watch today…
Kingston Point Park Phase 2 Construction Begins October 2026
Construction crews are set to break ground this month on the next phase of upgrades at Kingston Point Park, a Hudson River waterfront space where the city plans to turn half a flood-prone parking lot into an official wetland while raising the other…
Construction on the new maternity hospital will begin in 2027 - but won't finish until 2033
CONSTRUCTION ON THE new National Maternity Hospital (NMH) will begin next year, but won't be completed until 2033. The project received government approval today, paving the way for it to get underway in early 2027. John Sisk & Son is set to be the…
Gateway66 Hough: $27.9M Housing Project Set to Begin Construction in Early 2027
A $27.9 million housing project is planned for a 1.6-acre site at East 66th Street and Linwood Avenue in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood, where developers plan two four-story elevator buildings with 80 apartments just across the street from historic…
Tucson Construction Starts Expected to Hold Steady After Surging 25% in 2025
Gilbert Electric, a Cannon & Wendt Co. “The Tucson market was slow in the first half of the year, but we have seen activity steadily picking up,” Price says. “There are some things in the pipeline, but as sometimes happens in…
AI's Opportunity In Building Data Centers
Shiva Dhawan is the CEO and cofounder of Attentive.ai, the company behind Beam AI. There's a lot of debate about AI bubbles. Most of it focuses on valuations, model economics or whether hyperscalers can earn a return on the hundreds of billions…
Billings, Mont., Construction Starts Expected to Jump 24% After Having Surged 49% Last Year
The Billings market is strong, with many large-scale projects in progress, says Christensen. “Montana State University's College of Nursing Billings campus recently welcomed its first students. The historic Babcock Theatre renovation is…
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