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Balfour Beatty names new strategy chief
Emma Loxton, who held previous positions at consulting firm McKinsey and the U.K. government, will help the London-based firm plan for growth.
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Data centers drove all nonresidential spending growth in July
Not counting data centers, nonresidential spending fell to its lowest level since September 2023, said Anirban Basu, ABC chief economist.
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Virginia Tech coalition plans Reddit-like digital commons for builders
Andrew McCoy, interim managing director of the Coalition for Smart Construction at Virginia Tech, says the organization is prioritizing more seats at the table for smaller builders.
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‘It’s about taking care of people’: How top contractors staff data center jobs
Firms are sweetening the deal for workers with benefits on and off the jobsite, panelists said during a Construction Dive virtual event.
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Data center market faces all-time low vacancies despite record-breaking construction
Power capacity available for lease fell to 1.4% in the first half of 2026, even as under-construction capacity surged 25%, according to CBRE.
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Construction job openings, hires up in July
The hiring rate hit the highest level in nearly two years, according to Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors.
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Federal authorities disrupt China-backed hacking operation targeting US critical infrastructure
Compromised IoT devices were used in a yearslong campaign against key sectors and federal agencies.
Topics: Infrastructure
Entities: Infrastructure
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Skanska names new US infrastructure CFO
Antonia Junelind will succeed Jari Mäntylä as CFO of Skanska USA Civil on Jan. 1. The sector has been a major area of success for the contractor in recent years.
Topics: Infrastructure
Entities: Infrastructure
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Suffolk wins $278M California university dental school project
Using progressive design-build, the builder will deliver new educational, clinical and collaborative spaces on UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus.
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‘Not just a hope and a wish’: How contractors can tap underrepresented communities
Industry leaders cited accommodations for transit and daycare schedules as ways to make the industry attractive to a wider labor pool during a Construction Dive virtual event.
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Walmart to build $1.3B fulfillment center in Georgia
The 1.5-million-square-foot automated facility is slated to break ground later this year.
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JE Dunn launches power generation unit, names leader
As data centers, onshoring and aging infrastructure create new opportunities, JE Dunn aims to capitalize beyond the 220 power projects already within its portfolio.
Topics: Infrastructure
Entities: Infrastructure