The project, originally expected to complete this year, is now scheduled to finish in 2027 at an estimated cost of $2.77 billion.

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$51 million Lafayette Public Safety Building focuses on community engagement.

Through the fog of the pandemic, Gray Construction found opportunities. When many of its manufacturing and industrial process customers were deemed essential in 2020, the Lexington, Ky.-based contractor was well positioned to pursue a surge of work, including megaprojects.

Terms were not disclosed of the civil settlement with plaintiffs, but it "will allow LAN to put this matter behind them and focus on their future," an attorney says.

As many workers and companies still embrace hybrid and remote models established during the COVID-19 pandemic—even several years out from its onset—impacts on construction continue, with some sectors thriving and others diminishing.