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Updates about construction professionals in the Midwest region.

A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, assessing coordination, reliability and infrastructure risk in an era of persistent drought. 

Construction jobs fell by 11,000 positions in December, making 2025 a notably anemic year for construction hiring.

What is keeping a proposed pipeline project stuck in planning as 2026 begins?

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

A 150‑MW build signals a broader expansion underway in Texas.

Three companies gain ten-year task orders to create new supply chains and innovations to manufacture low-enriched uranium and high-assay low-enriched uranium for nuclear power generation.

Texas voters expanded water financing, but which projects are actually ready to move? Planning maturity, not funding alone, will determine what gets built next.

Contract awards signal a step-change in construction activity as Sydney Metro West moves beyond tunneling into complex underground work.