ENR’s Construction Industry Confidence Index rose four points between Q3 and Q4, to a slightly optimistic 52 rating. The economic index also rose four points, to a 48 rating.
The social media company's $6B merger with a nuclear fusion developer may bring new investment in the technology, but any construction is still a ways off.
The purchase, expected to complete in the first quarter of 2026, would form an expanded WSP with 27,000 global professionals and $7.2 billion in 2025 net revenue on a pro forma basis.
Fiscal 2026 authorization directs billions toward industrial-base expansion, shipyard modernization and long-term construction needs across US and Indo-Pacific sites
House passage of the fiscal year 2026 defense bill sets sweeping industrial-base reforms in motion, with new multiyear contracting tools, major MILCON directives and substantial shipyard and depot investments underway.