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Turner resumes work on Meta’s Prometheus data centre after firearm incident
Published on: 20 November 2025
Construction work has now resumed at a Meta data centre in New Albany, Ohio, USA, after the site was evacuated earlier this week over an incident involving a firearm.
Weekly quiz: What football club did Yanmar buy?
Published on: 20 November 2025
Test your knowledge with Construction Briefing’s fiendishly difficult weekly quiz
Aecom bets on AI to boost margin target to 20%
Published on: 19 November 2025
Global infrastructure and engineering company Aecom has announced that it aims to deliver a 20% profit margin by 2028
NY NJ Port Authority plans to spend $45bn on capital projects
Published on: 18 November 2025
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has outlined plans to spend $45 billion projects between 2026 and 2035
US non-residential construction spending went negative prior to government shutdown
Published on: 17 November 2025
US non-residential construction spending tipped into negative territory in August, prior to a record government shutdown
Are humanoid robots really coming to a construction work site near you?
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Published on: 17 November 2025
Robots have been threatening to take over work on construction sites for the past several years and haven’t. Will they eventually?
Frenetic data centre growth ‘could come crashing down’ if constraints aren’t addressed
Published on: 14 November 2025
The frenetic pace of growth in data centre construction “could come crashing down” if key constraints aren’t addressed
Skanska names new US CFO
Published on: 14 November 2025
Skanska has announced a senior leadership change in its US operations, with long-serving chief financial officer Leo Sinicin set to retire at the end of the year
Round-up: What we learned from AtkinsRéalis, Eiffage and Strabag’s Q3 updates
Published on: 14 November 2025
Three major international construction groups - Strabag, Eiffage and AtkinsRéalis – have all recorded higher revenue and robust order intake in their Q3 2025 updates
US government shutdown ends after 43 days
Published on: 14 November 2025
AGC says deal is “good news for construction”
Joint venture named on $1bn Boeing facility expansion
Published on: 12 November 2025
Expansion project to create 2,500 construction jobs
Data centres hold up US order backlogs but contractor confidence slips
Published on: 12 November 2025
The ongoing data centre boom is helping some US contractors to maintain a strong order book but general confidence in the industry is starting to slip
From combat zones to worksites: a US Marine’s path to construction leadership
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Published on: 11 November 2025
Former US Marine Kellen Concepcion on how he went from a military career to heading Semper Fi Rebar, a California subcontractor
Round-up: Skanska, Royal BAM, and WSP’s Q3 performances
Published on: 11 November 2025
How three major construction firms in Europe and North America are faring, as they publish Q3 trading updates
Fluor’s revenue slips 18% in Q3
Published on: 10 November 2025
US-based contractor Fluor has reported an 18% year-on-year decline in revenue to US$3.4 billion for the third quarter of 2025
Construction of semiconductor fabs on Micron’s $100bn campus faces two-year delay
Published on: 10 November 2025
The construction of fabrication plants (fabs) within a $100 billion semiconductor campus for US chip manufacturer Micron could be delayed by two years
Global construction’s carbon footprint to more than double by 2050
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Published on: 10 November 2025
The global construction industry’s carbon footprint is set to more than double by 2050
Turner bets big on AI with company-wide ChatGPT rollout
Published on: 07 November 2025
The US contractor will give all employees access to ChatGPT Enterprise under a two-year agreement
Tutor Perini surges back to profit as revenue climbs 31% in Q3
Published on: 06 November 2025
US contractor Tutor Perini has swung back to profit in the third quarter of 2025 as revenue surged 31% year-on-year to $1.42 billion
Hitachi reduces holding in Hitachi Construction Machinery after Landcros rebrand announcement
Published on: 06 November 2025
Hitachi Construction Machinery has moved further towards independence from Hitachi Global
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