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Dodge offers data on projected 2025 construction starts in the Boston area.

Massive EV plant east of Atlanta, backed by state incentives and federal financing, is scheduled to start construction in 2026.

Turner Construction has started building a 46-story commercial office tower on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The 930,000-sq-ft project, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox, includes an underground entrance that will provide access to Grand Central’s Madison Concourse between 44th and 45th Street.

After taking a battering during the pandemic, contractors on the West Coast have been enjoying the fruits of steady growth over the past few years.

July’s payrolls grew by a meager 73,000, falling short of expectations; May and June numbers were each revised downward, while earnings remained flat.

BLS reported construction input costs fell 1.6%, while looming tariffs and rate uncertainty pressures project budgets.

Top contractors in the Midwest stay nimble and invest in their businesses while coping with economic uncertainty and other challenges.

The hot pace of construction staff compensation is cooling. Following years of historically high salary increases, employers are reigning in pay for construction staff.

ENR’s Construction Industry Confidence Index fell 14 points between Q1 and Q2, to a rating of 47. That marks the third largest drop in the history of the index.

The Trump administration plan to take its “America First” agenda globally had a rocky start as sweeping tariff announcements tanked stock markets worldwide.