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Why Distressed and Defunct Shopping Malls Are Good for Construction Contractors

by Adam Toosley | Dec 3, 2025
Markets | Commercial | Infrastructure | Institutional | Public

Unconventional buyers of former shopping malls are reshaping commercial real estate development.

Call the Dr.: Swinerton and Dr. Dre Transform Compton High School

by Ken Budd | Oct 7, 2025
Drones / UAV’s | Institutional | Markets | Technology

Swinerton Builders transformed Compton High School into Los Angeles’ coolest campus, replacing tired buildings with high-tech classrooms and shiny new athletic facilities—plus a state-of-the-art performing arts center funded by Compton’s own Dr. Dre.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Falls Sharply in July

by ABC | Sep 3, 2025
Business | Economy | Finance | Institutional | Markets | Public

Private nonresidential construction spending declined in July, but the public nonresidential sector saw improvements.

Most Frequent Value Engineering Problems in Animal Care Facilities

by Hannah Skidmore | Aug 28, 2025
Institutional | Markets | Public

Engineers are creative, but finding solutions to construction queries at animal care facilities requires thinking outside the dog box.

Closeout: Cause for Celebration

by Construction Executive | Aug 12, 2025
Markets | Departments | Institutional | Public

Following Hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton in 2024, the Sanibel Causeway endured major damaged and required subsequent major restoration.

Going Ballistic: The New Ballistics Testing Facility at Texas A&M

by Grace Calengor | Aug 7, 2025
Markets | Departments | Institutional

They say everything’s bigger in Texas, and the state’s new ballistics-testing facility proves that to be true. Bartlett Cocke helped build the half-kilometer facility at Texas A&M as part of the Bush Combat Development Complex.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Down 0.2% in May

by ABC | Jul 3, 2025
Business | Commercial | Economy | Finance | Industrial | Infrastructure | Institutional | Manufacturing | Markets

That start of summer is seeing the start of a slowdown in nonresidential construction spending.

Closeout: Plane to See

by Construction Executive | Jun 13, 2025
Institutional | Markets | Technology

A look at the United States Air Force Academy's new cyber innovation center in Colorado Springs.
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