Tag: starts
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Construction starts tumble 20.5% amid megaproject pullback
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A slowdown in megaproject kickoffs caused overall groundbreaking momentum to cool down in November, according to Dodge Construction Network. Total construction starts fell 20.5% in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.22 trillion. The reversal…
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Jacobs starts $10B Louisiana data center
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. An energy infrastructure provider is moving forward with a multibillion-dollar data center project in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, marking another megaproject win for the Bayou State. Hut 8, a Miami-based company, reported the first phase of construction…
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Holiday Reset: Hidden Costs to Eliminate Before the 2026 Season Starts
The weeks around Christmas and New Year’s offer a rare slowdown for most of us. It’s also one of the best times to uncover those small and overlooked expenses that can take us down throughout the year with a hefty cost. While some expenses are impossible to avoid — fuel, materials, insurance — others creep…
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Virginia starts construction in Alexandria to improve passenger rail
Dive Brief: Construction began last week on a series of passenger rail-related projects to improve and expand train service in Northern Virginia. Plans call for a new fourth track extending for six miles between Alexandria and Arlington, Virginia, to increase capacity for Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express commuter trains; improvements at the Alexandria VRE station;…
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Construction starts surge 21%, led by multibillion-dollar projects
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A surge of megaproject groundbreakings jolted construction kickoffs into higher gear in October, as 10 projects valued at $1 billion or more got underway, according to Dodge Construction Network. Total construction starts jumped 21.1% in October to…
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Skanska starts ‘surgical deconstruction’ of Atlanta MARTA canopy
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Skanska USA Building has begun the “surgical deconstruction” of a concrete canopy at an Atlanta light rail station, the firm announced Nov. 11. The existing concrete canopy at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Five Points Station…
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CITB boosts NEST apprenticeship starts
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has released its mid-year figures for its New Entrant Support Team (NEST). The figures show that NEST has supported 1,521 apprenticeship starts between April and September 2025, an increase from 943 in the same period the previous year. The figures also show that in the same period this year,…
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Skanska starts $312M New Jersey women’s prison
Listen to the article None min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of assault. Sweden-based contractor Skanska participated Oct. 15 in the groundbreaking of a $312 million correctional facility for women in Chesterfield Township, New Jersey, according to a Wednesday news release. The…
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Granite starts $138M rehab on historic Chicago bridge
This month, Granite began the $138 million rehabilitation of the Lake Street Bascule Bridge for the Chicago DOT, according to a news release from the builder. Originally built in 1916, the structure is a landmark double-deck, double-leaf, moveable span over the Chicago River. It carries the distinction as the world’s first double-deck trunnion bascule bridge.…
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Granite starts $138M rehab on historic Chicago bridge
This month, Granite began the $138 million rehabilitation of the Lake Street Bascule Bridge for the Chicago DOT, according to a news release from the builder. Originally built in 1916, the structure is a landmark double-deck, double-leaf, moveable span over the Chicago River. It carries the distinction as the world’s first double-deck trunnion bascule bridge.…