Construction

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (167+ words) HAMLET, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- A Duke Energy plan to expand a facility in Richmond County was shot down by North Carolina regulators Friday. The utility company was seeking to expand its existing Smith Energy Complex to power data centers. But…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (275+ words) If you are looking to expand sales of environmentally friendly building materials, which materials should you propose, and for which construction applications? For building material manufacturers and trading companies, it is important to align performance, workability, and supply systems with…...

14+ hour, 28+ min ago   (154+ words) Chris Wilson is EVP and national retail agency lead at JLL, also directing Western U.S. retail brokerage across Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Orange County, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver and Hawaii. He founded Wilson Retail Group in 1990 and sold the full-service…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (400+ words) Industry executives warned that the concentrated strikes on heavy industrial assets threaten the viability of the entire sector, according to the Financial Times. In early September, coordinated ballistic barrages disabled blast furnaces across three major plants, killing 17 metallurgical workers. Subsequent…...

2+ hour, 39+ min ago   (701+ words) BEIJING, Sept. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily The Pinglu Canal officially opened to navigation on Sept. 16. As a landmark infrastructure linking the Belt and Road Initiative and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, it is China's first major canal…...

2+ hour, 43+ min ago   (261+ words) RIYADH —Saudi Arabia’s operating revenue index recorded 4.9 percent year-on-year increase in July 2026 compared to the same month in 2025. The index also registered a 1.2 percent monthly increase compared to June 2026, according to the short-term business indicators for July 2026 released by the…...

3+ hour, 9+ min ago   (347+ words) WATERLOO, Iowa — Waterloo Fiber has named Robert Houlihan as its new chief executive officer and general manager. Houlihan will start the role on September 28, according to the Waterloo Telecommunications Utility Board of Trustees. He brings more than 20 years of experience…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago   (834+ words) Britain's economic watchdog is concerned that its assessment of Labour's housebuilding plans may need to be revised down Labour has such a “slim” chance of meeting its own housebuilding target that Britain’s economic watchdog is considering downgrading its growth forecast,…...

5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (324+ words) The tech giant's largest private-sector commitment to skilled trades aims to fill the labor gap fueling America's AI infrastructure buildout. Meta is putting $115 million behind a bet that the biggest bottleneck in the AI race isn’t chips or capital. It’s…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (40+ words) Ukraine’s steel industry has effectively been brought to a halt after Russian strikes damaged three of the country’s largest steel plants in Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, medias reported, citing industry representatives. Russian Strikes Leave Ukraine’s Biggest Steel Producers Offline – Report...