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Gloucestershire College get millions for construction training
A college has secured £4.5million to build a new construction training centre to help meet a 'growing demand for skilled workers'. Gloucestershire College plans to turn land at the 125 Business Park in Gloucester into a state-of-the-art…
SoftBank invests $200 million in construction startup Gravis Robotics
SoftBank Group has invested $200 million in Gravis Robotics, a Swiss startup that makes autonomous software for construction machinery. Zurich-based Gravis announced the Series A investment in a statement on Monday but didn't share a valuation. It…
Construction Partners (ROAD): Analyzing Q3 2026 Financials and Operations
On August 7, Construction Partners (NASDAQ: ROAD) held its fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings call and used it to raise guidance for the second time this year. Revenue climbed 28.2% year-over-year to $999.4 million, and the company closed the…
Could Legence (LGN) Be a Major Winner From the AI Data Center Construction Boom?
Baron Capital, an investment management company, released its Q2 2026 investor letter for the 'Baron Small Cap Fund.' Baron Small Cap Fund gained 12.57% (Institutional Shares) in the second quarter, trailing the Russell 2000 Growth Index's 25.71%…
CBP halts Big Bend National Park border construction
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott said he would halt construction activity in Big Bend National Park as efforts to erect a border barrier have been met with bipartisan pushback. In a video posted to social media on…
Horror at Oldham home construction site
A construction company in Oldham has been fined £30,000 after a bricklayer was seriously hurt when he collapsed through a floor. The 25-year-old was working on the upper level of a house under construction on Lynn Street on June 4, 2024, when…
MORNING GLORY: SCOTUS should urgently allow construction at the White House to proceed
Because of extremely unfortunate, inexplicable and reckless decisions of two lower courts, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has before him an application for a stay of an order from the United States Court of Appeals for the District…
Trump admin halts border wall construction amid concerns over Big Bend
The Trump administration has halted construction activity tied to a controversial border-security project in Texas' Big Bend National Park after days of mounting criticism from environmental groups, tribal advocates, local residents and lawmakers.
A Construction Crew Was Demolishing a House-And Uncovered a $10 Million Gold Hoard
Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: Found by a team of construction workers renovating an old house, a stash of gold coins and ingots thought to be worth almost $10.5 million is now being investigated. The reason the coins were…
Housing starts and construction data for July 2026
OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 18, 2026 /CNW/ -- The six-month trend in housing starts was flat in July compared to June, with a slight decrease of 0.5% to 247,377 units, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend measure is a…
Construction of 'much-needed' affordable homes in east Hull begins
Lovell, a national partnership housing specialist, has broken ground on the latest phase of the major regeneration programme to deliver a new urban village at the Ings estate in east Hull. The new development, off Balham Avenue, will have 84 new…
East Boston residents fed up with incessant parking tickets during construction road closures
East Boston neighbors can't seem to avoid parking tickets after a litany of road closures makes getting around the neighborhood extremely difficult. Now, they are asking the city to let up. 'Maverick Square was closed. Bremen Street was closed.
'Burn your house and kill your kids': Construction giant accused of using bikies
A leading Australian infrastructure firm working on major state and federally backed projects has been implicated in a suspected plot that allegedly saw a crew of Melbourne bikie enforcers travel to Brisbane to threaten to burn down the house and…
PWD to revamp construction of government buildings using premium FSI: T.N. Minister Aadhav Arjuna
The functioning of the Public Works Department (PWD) would be restructured to modernise the construction of government buildings in line with international standards, Public Works Minister Aadhav Arjuna said on Tuesday. Addressing the Assembly…
Oregon-Washington I-5 Bridge Project Moves Toward Construction
So far, $5.7 billion in available funding from state contributions, federal grants and future tolling allows the project's first phase to move forward. The two states have committed to pursuing construction of a full five-mile corridor. Federal…
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