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Bain Capital's reported $250M minority investment values construction platform Kahua above $1B
Kahua has hit $100M in annualized revenue and is now valued above $1B. Bain's reported $250M is a bet on owner-side program data as the base for AI.
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Element’s Charlotte lab makes tensile specimens from turbine blade roots
Daniel Steele says Element's Charlotte lab low-stress grinds specimens cut from CFM56 blade roots, and knows of no other lab grinding specimens that small.
NMHC survey: 37% raised pricing on projects on hold
37% of NMHC survey respondents raised pricing on projects on hold, up from 17% in June, as starts slowed and costs rose.
CMHA’s 2026 report estimates paver and wall production
CMHA's 2026 Hardscape Production Report analyzes segmental concrete pavement and retaining wall production across the US and Canada.
EPA $251M loan to help fund Pure Water Project
A federal WIFIA loan backs the Pure Water Project in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. EPA expects the financing structure to save about $13.6 million.
RIEGL’s miniVUX-4UAV hits 150 scans/sec in 120° FOV
RIEGL's miniVUX-4UAV captures up to 133,333 measurements a second in a 120-degree field of view. RIEGL lists 12 mm accuracy.
Cat expands autonomous Cat 775 haul trucks to two more Luck Stone sites
After 3.5M+ tons at Bull Run, Luck Stone and Caterpillar expand autonomy to Cat 775 fleets at Boscobel and Bealeton in Virginia.
Packaging robots can beat labor long term on cost, PMMI argues
PMMI’s Tom Egan argues packaging automation can win on long-run cost versus labor. Packaging World details AI-guided AMRs from ABB and Agilox.
Xtellio brings telematics to jobsite tools and heaters
Xtellio's Xense sensors and Pro-Xentral devices put telematics on small tools, heaters and excavators alike, with open APIs so fleets keep their own data.
Senate bill would double smart water grants to $50 million a year
S. 2388 would raise an EPA pilot to $50M a year through 2028 for AMI, leak detection and AI tools, but not for planning or maintenance.
MEP systems can run 30-40% of a construction budget, ASCE course says
ASCE's two-day MEP construction management webcast returns Nov. 9-10, 2026, aimed at owner's reps and project managers who sign off on mechanical and electrical
CAS Automotive launches Damaged Equipment to sell fleets' damaged and end-of-life machines
CAS Automotive has taken its salvage-vehicle model to heavy equipment, offering fleets, dealers and insurers a guaranteed offer on damaged and surplus machines.
Caterpillar and FieldAI partner on physical AI for jobsites
Caterpillar said Sept. 5, 2026 it is working with FieldAI to bring physical AI and autonomy to construction and industrial sites, per Automation News.
Distressed sales are 2% of the housing market, and that should change how contractors plan 2027
Existing home sales fell to a 3.98 million annual pace in August, the weakest in more than a year, and the coverage will read as a housing downturn. The line that matters for residential builders and trades sits further down the release: distressed sales are 2% of transactions, prices are still rising, and supply just hit a ten-year high. That is an affordability freeze, not a credit cycle, and the two call for opposite capacity decisions.
JE Dunn Adds Power Generation Unit as Data Centers Grow
JE Dunn Construction formed a power generation unit and named a leader, amid a wider industry shift toward power-focused construction work.
Construction Job Openings Rise as Dodge Index Slips 0.4%
Dodge's planning index edged down in August while ABC reported job openings near a two-year high, and a new study examined multiskilled crews.
FAB 40 highlights top metal fabricators, including acquisitive Cadrex
The Fabricator’s 2023 FAB 40 reports record revenues and points to supply chain shifts and North American demand, according to a PR Newswire announcement.
HUD backs a 24-month study on mass-timber modules that ship and stack faster
HUD’s PD&R is funding Washington State University to design hybrid mass-timber modules that travel and stack faster. A 2023 review of modular CLT flags 2D vs. 3
HUD’s 24-month mass timber modular project goes after the cost driver: shipping the modules
A HUD-funded Washington State University project is treating transport hardware as part of the structure, a direct response to modular’s logistics cost curve.
Insurance and moisture controls now shape mass timber schedules
Mass timber can go up a floor a day, but builder’s risk, moisture controls, and prefab lead times are now the real critical path.
Dallas is still building big, but U.S. apartment deliveries fell 41%
Yardi Matrix data shows H1 2026 apartment completions dropped 41%, while DFW led both multifamily and industrial deliveries.
2026 design rankings show buyers now shop for engineering talent
BD+C’s 2026 Giants 400 and ENR’s international list point to the same constraint: specialized engineering depth. Owners are adjusting procurement and contracts.
Most MES programs are stuck at pilot scale, and that’s now an AI and cyber risk decision
Rockwell data says 93% of manufacturers run MES somewhere, but only 23% have it integrated across sites. The operational gap is widening.
Community college engineering programs can lift persistence by 16 points, but state funding swings are becoming an operational risk for employers
ASME’s community-college engineering pathways posted enrollment and persistence gains across 15 campuses. North Carolina’s budget cut shows how quickly student-
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