Dive Brief: Construction input prices posted a 0.6% decline in May, marking the third consecutive month of reduced costs, while nonresidential construction input prices dropped 0.5%, according to new Associated Builders and Contractors analysis. Construction input prices are now 3.7% lower than a year ago and are continuing to fall. However, much of that drop […]

Construction Dive editors want to know more about how contractors across the country, not just the Northeast, handle the aftermath of air quality caused by wildfires. Last week, New York City-based Turner Construction deferred on activities on certain projects most adversely affected by poor air quality out of concern for its workers, due to the […]

Dive Brief: Federal investigators said Thursday that the pool deck at the Surfside, Florida, condominium that collapsed in 2021 did not comply with original codes and standards, the Associated Press reported. Champlain Towers South gave way in June 2021, killing 98 people. During a regular meeting of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, investigators […]

Editor’s note: This story includes imagery and references to racist incidents that could be disturbing to readers. Dive Brief: A federal lawsuit filed in Texas Thursday alleges Bechtel and ExxonMobil fired a Black foreman as retaliation for complaining when he found feces and a drawing of a noose in his workspace.  Bechtel initially employed the […]