Articles by Bryan Gottlieb

DOE has rescinded the federal zero-emissions building definition, ending its support and leaving states, cities, and owners without a consistent benchmark for emerging energy and carbon standards. 

A nearly completed deck over Boston’s busiest highway sits with no towers rising above it, as a lawsuit, lease deadlines and shifting lab market threaten the project's future.

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

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.

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. 

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

Officials search for cause of blaze that raced up several high-rise apartment buildings, where about 200 residents remain unaccounted for, with investigators looking closely at builders use of construction and scaffold materials and fire-safety practices.

Federal agency is reallocating $1.1 billion in funding after revised inventories cut estimated number of lead service lines in half, reshaping 2026 project pipelines and raising stakes for utilities and contractors. 

Commercial construction appears strong at year’s end, but new data and field reporting reveal a more complicated picture beneath the surface. What’s really driving the market now? 

Contractors face rising materials costs and shifting market signals as new ABC data point to softening backlog and confidence heading into 2026.