Tariffs lifted nonresidential construction costs 3.2% in 2025

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Nonresidential construction input costs finished 2025 up 3.2% year over year, largely due to tariff-related impacts. For overall construction, which include residential builds, costs gained 2.8%, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of […]

Corning, Meta ink $6B deal supporting US manufacturing

Dive Brief: Corning announced on Monday that it has signed a multiyear, $6 billion agreement with software developer Meta Platforms to expand manufacturing capabilities across its North Carolina facilities. Corning’s optical cable factory in Hickory will benefit from “significant capacity expansion,” where Meta will serve as the anchor customer, according to the Jan. 27 press […]

Last-minute deal spares federal construction from government shutdown

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Democrats and Republicans hammered out the framework of a deal Thursday that would spare most construction-related federal funding from lapsing as a partial government shutdown still looms. The agreement follows negotiations around removing funding for the Department […]