The grants, between $19 million and $51 million, will support construction and other efforts at the hubs to boost tech development.

A higher-margin mix of services has helped a tech- and energy-minded designer run profitably.

After years of historically high salary increases for construction staff, many employers appear to have hit the ceiling for the compensation bumps they can offer.

With an extended period of construction activity and no imminent signs of recession, prices for used construction equipment at resale and auction have found their level, with fewer of the fluctuations that marked recent years.

Not since the “United States Steel Hour” during the golden age of television has the Pittsburgh-based steelmaker had such drama like the firm’s current public relations fight with former bidder Cleveland-Cliffs over its proposed acquisition by Japan’s Nippon Steel Corporation.

The results of this quarter’s Construction Industry Confidence Index survey show a dip in confidence among construction industry executives.

Public work continues to spur growth in the construction industry in the second quarter as contractors wait for interest rates to decline in the second half of the year.

Global developers are advancing nuclear fusion technology and engineering to scale an energy source they say has zero emissions, no meltdown risk and more security, as data centers and AI push power demand.

Provisions of the rule finalized last year can extend prevailing wage requirements to truck drivers and material supplier employees in some cases.