Data centers drive lopsided backlog gains

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction backlog ticked up to 8.2 months in December, up 0.1 months from November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors survey conducted Dec. 22 to Jan. 7. The divide between large and small firms […]

Louisville, Kentucky, joins growing number of cities bringing AI to permitting

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Louisville, Kentucky, announced Wednesday it has partnered with Govstream.ai for a pilot program to streamline the city’s permitting and development process with artificial intelligence. The AI company will analyze city codes, spatial data and permit […]

Mortenson tops out Oregon pharmaceutical manufacturing facility

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. General contractor Mortenson topped out the third building of Serán Bioscience’s new 100,000-square-foot commercial manufacturing campus in Bend, Oregon, according to a Jan. 8 ceremony. The milestone marks the transition from structural construction to the interior buildout, […]