Tag: starts

  • C.W. Driver starts $54M Innovation Hub for Cal State

    C.W. Driver starts $54M Innovation Hub for Cal State

    Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Pasadena, California-based C.W. Driver broke ground on a $54 million engineering and computer science building at California State University Fullerton, according to a June 9 news release.  The 45,000-square-foot Innovation Hub will help support burgeoning enrollment growth…

  • $1.6B East River Tunnel rehab starts in NYC

    $1.6B East River Tunnel rehab starts in NYC

    Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Work has kicked off on New York City’s $1.6 billion East River Tunnel Project to repair Hurricane Sandy damage and update the century-old structure to weather the next 100 years of service, Amtrak said on May 27. …

  • The 9 largest commercial construction starts of April 2025

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of April 2025

    Total construction starts tumbled 9% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.03 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential building starts, such as office, hotel and healthcare projects, dropped 3%, while residential activity fell 4%. Nonbuilding starts, such as highways, bridges and utility work, posted the steepest decline of the month at…

  • Connecticut starts $137M I-95 bridge replacements

    Connecticut starts $137M I-95 bridge replacements

    Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Construction kicked off April 17 on a $136.5 million project to replace a pair of aging bridges in West Haven, Connecticut, according to a news release from Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont. The two bridges are each more…

  • The 9 largest commercial construction starts of March 2025

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of March 2025

    Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Total construction starts ticked up 3% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.1 trillion, according to the report. Nonresidential building starts, such as office, hotel and healthcare projects, jumped 6%, while nonbuilding activity, such…

  • McCarthy starts $326M Phoenix airport job

    McCarthy starts $326M Phoenix airport job

    Listen to the article 1 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. recently began construction of the $326 million concourse in Terminal 3 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona, the construction firm announced on April 7. The new concourse will add approximately…

  • The 9 largest commercial construction starts of February 2025

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of February 2025

    Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Construction activity held steady in February as gains in commercial building offset a slowdown in multifamily and manufacturing starts, according to a report from Dodge Construction Network. Total construction starts ticked up 0.5% in February to a…

  • Helping women succeed at work starts with better leave

    Helping women succeed at work starts with better leave

    Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. One of Construction Dive’s Construction Champions from 2024, Rebecca Ozols Goss is vice president of growth and strategy at Nashville-based Bell Construction. Opinions are the author’s own. For many working parents, parental leave is both a milestone…

  • The 9 largest commercial construction starts of January 2025

    The 9 largest commercial construction starts of January 2025

    Construction kick off activity pulled back in January as fewer commercial projects broke ground, though infrastructure work kept builders busy with new highway, bridge and energy projects. Total construction starts fell 6% in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.1 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Nonresidential building starts, such as office, hotel…

  • 9 largest commercial construction starts of December 2024

    9 largest commercial construction starts of December 2024

    Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Total construction starts slipped 2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.2 trillion, according to Dodge Construction Network. Residential groundbreakings rose 4%, buoyed by multifamily projects, while nonresidential starts ticked up 2%, driven by…