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Americans Want New Infrastructure Bill
ARLINGTON, VA – Seventy-eight percent of American voters want Congress to pass a new federal highway, bridge, and transit bill before the current law expires on Sept. 30, according to new polling by the Associated General Contractors of America
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Data Center Disputes and Dilemmas
LONDON – Data centers are the engines of artificial intelligence (AI), housing specialized heat-generating graphics processing units (GPUs). In the United States and around the world, data centers are increasingly the subject of not-in-my-back-yard
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Putting Experts in the Proverbial Hot Tub
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chatting at the resort hot tub with strangers can reveal commonalities from vastly different backgrounds. The conference room version of “hot-tubbing” can also expose common ground in matters of U.S. construction arbitration.
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AI in Commercial Real Estate: Uses, Risks and Legal Guardrails
Key Takeaway: AI in commercial real estate cuts lease abstraction labor by roughly 60% and drives seven-figure recoveries from missed escalation clauses. Key legal risks: fair housing violations from biased models, hallucinated lease clauses or case
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$12.7 Million in OSHA Grants Available for Safety Training
Key Takeaways: OSHA’s Susan Harwood Training Grants offer $12.7 million for construction safety training, covering fall protection, heat illness, trenching and electrical safety. Two tracks are available: Targeted Topic Training (instructor-led
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Rising Construction Costs Influence Malls To Become Outpatient Care Centers
Key Takeaways: Health systems are converting vacant mall anchors into outpatient care centers to cut construction costs by ~10% and accelerate delivery timelines. Adaptive reuse of big-box retail offers wide floor plates, built-in parking and existin
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Spring 2026 Construction Market Trends
Key Takeaways: Spring 2026 construction is split: tech sectors drive demand while traditional commercial and residential lag. Construction cost escalation exceeded 6% year over year; copper up 29.5%, aluminum up 45.3%, structural steel rising. MEP la
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NYC Orders New Workplace Heat Safety Guidance
Key Takeaways: NYC Mayor Mamdani signed a June 22, 2026, executive order requiring multilingual heat illness prevention guidance for outdoor and indoor workers. Construction employers are a key focus: the Department of Buildings will assess jobsite h
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Construction Legal Risk Starts Before Breaking Ground
Key Takeaways: Construction legal risk starts in planning: weak contracts, title defects and missed permits drive delays and cost overruns. Preconstruction due diligence, including title searches, environmental assessments and regulatory roadmaps, li