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Construction Economics for December 8, 2025

December 4, 2025

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

Executive News

Obituary: Robert A.M. Stern, 86, Multi-Faceted NYC Architect, Firm Leader and Academic

Architectural Record

December 3, 2025

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Designer founded and led Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known as RAMSA, and served as dean of the Yale School of Architecture

Main terminal at Washington Dulles International Airport with its iconic curved roof and control tower.

Airports

Draft Indicates DOT Weighing Major Overhaul of Dulles Airport

Pre-publication request for information outlines a redevelopment framework far larger than publicly discussed

Bryan Gottlieb

December 3, 2025

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A new federal request for information raises questions about scale, design and delivery.

Risk

Tutor Perini Damages Trial Is Set Over Costly Philadelphia Hotel Floor Slab Problems

Deflections became an issue adding cost and delay to the W/Element Hotel tower.

Richard Korman

December 2, 2025

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Pennsylvania judge has harsh words for trial tactics employed by the legal teams of both the contractor and developer in legal dispute.

Aerial view of construction work at the Tonnelle Avenue Project site in North Bergen, part of the Hudson Tunnel Program.

Procurement

NJ-NY Hudson Tunnel Project Faces Contractor Suit Over Union Dispute

George Harms Construction Co. challenges project's labor agreement for work on a key design-build package

Bryan Gottlieb

December 2, 2025

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George Harms Construction Co. challenges a project labor agreement on a key design-build package because it bars a non-building trades union from representing workers.

Contract Awards Advance Egypt High-speed Rail Project

Gary Lakes

December 2, 2025

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Work on Egypt's rail infrastructure upgrade and buildout continues, with 2,000 km of track to be laid by the project's completion.

Materials

Steelmaker Gerdau Realigns to Meet Solar, Warehouse and Data Center Demand

Product mix at Georgia electric arc furnace plant changes with the times

Jeff Yoders

December 2, 2025

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U.S. electric arc furnace plants such as Gerdau's Cartersville, Ga., plant adjust their offerings to meet demands of hot construction markets.

Energy Construction

Private Infrastructure Investor Giant Blackstone Funds $1.2B West Virginia Gas Power Plant

Debra K. Rubin

December 2, 2025

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Construction is underway on the 625-MW Wolf Summit Energy plant, set to operate by 2027.

Map and aerial view of the 520-acre Beaver Dam Commerce Park site planned for Meta’s new data center.

Megaproject

Wisconsin Lands $1B Meta Data Center as Mortenson Expands Hyperscale Work

Beaver Dam campus will gain significant power-system upgrades and 570 acres of habitat restoration

Bryan Gottlieb

December 1, 2025

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A major tech investment in Wisconsin is set to reshape local infrastructure, but its scale has raised new questions about power, water and long-term community impacts.

Close-up of A-Safe polymer guardrail with integrated impact sensor in a warehouse.

Materials

As Warehouse Safety Risks Rise, Polymer Guardrails Challenge Steel, Other Metals

Flexible guardrail systems aim to reduce slab damage, downtime and provide owners with collision trends

Bryan Gottlieb

December 1, 2025

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New material emerges in fast-moving warehouses, promising fewer guardrail repairs and new visibility into everyday impacts. Is it ready to challenge steel?