3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (257+ words) Prices increased 8.9% since August 2025. Total construction materials prices rose 1.2% in August, on a monthly basis, according to the Producer Price Index recently released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Year-over-year, prices increased 8.9%. Materials for non-residential construction saw a nearly identical…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (751+ words) The process of bidding — selecting what to bid on, estimates, quantities and other factors — can be augmented by artificial intelligence. Somewhere right now, a contractor’s bidding window is closing while an invitation to bid sits unanswered in an estimator's inbox....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (864+ words) Crews work from aerial lifts on electrical equipment at a substation, one of the project types where researchers observed multiskilled construction crews. A nationwide field study released Sept. 2 found construction crews spent more time directly advancing work and less time…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (382+ words) Broadway Electric and Cornerstone Contracting have agreed to pay $21.3 million to settle veteran-owned business fraud cases with the Department of Justice. The settlement covers activity from approximately April 2017 through May 2025. Oehler and Blake agreed that they engaged in a scheme…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (437+ words) A crew from F.E. Moran awaits the delivery of critical mechanical systems at a jobsite. The firm has been named ENR Midwest Specialty Contractor of the Year. F.E. Moran is now in its third generation of family ownership. CEO Brian Moran sat…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (673+ words) S.M. Wilson & Co. served as construction manager at-risk for a two-story building at Spoede Elementary School in St. Louis. Mike Yazbec President S.M. Wilson & Co. Investment in health care, education, aviation, infrastructure and technology is driving growth across the St. Louis construction…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (324+ words) South Dakota's longest bridge, the Platte-Winner Bridge, is scheduled for replacement, with project completion expected in 2030. The South Dakota Transportation Commission has chosen Burnsville, Minn.-based Ames Construction to replace the state’s longest bridge –the State Highway 44 bridge, also known…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (377+ words) Cadiz plans to refurbish an idle 220-mi-long natural gas pipeline to transport water from the Mojave Desert to the California Aqueduct north of Los Angeles. Cadiz Inc. recently advanced its Mojave Groundwater Bank project into the construction phase, establishing a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (759+ words) A TDOT visualization shows proposed Choice Lanes approaching the I-24/I-40 interchange near downtown Nashville as part of the $9.2-billion managed-lanes project. Tennessee transportation officials have selected DriveTN to finance and build a $9.2-billion expansion of Interstate 24 between Nashville and I-840 near Murfreesboro....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (348+ words) The roof of a public works building under construction in West Allis, Wis. experienced significant damage due to an Aug. 20 fire. Two buildings under construction, including one that was nearly complete, were damaged by fires this week in Wisconsin. Damage…...