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TheJobWalk E.96

A U.S.-Korea framework commits up to $120 billion toward eight new reactors, DOT awards $426 million in INFRA grants across 12 states, and Google and Constellation sign a 3,590 MW deal. ABC credits data centers for September hiring gains and surging construction spending. Saronic breaks ground on its Port Alpha shipyard in Brownsville, Mesabi Metallics announces a $15 billion Iowa steel complex, and Project Star plans 6.47 GW of gas generation in Encinal, Texas. Eagle Rock Partners plans a $6 billion Mississippi data center campus, and Avio USA breaks ground on a Virginia rocket motor plant. Plus, Doka brings its Doka 360 platform to the U.S. Let's dive in!

Oct 8, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.95

The DOE selected 31 grid projects across 26 states for $5.25 billion in SPARK funding, Oklahoma Primary Aluminum unveiled plans for the first new U.S. aluminum smelter since 1980, and Applied Digital confirmed a $3.2 billion AI campus in Brookwood, Alabama. Caterpillar announced a roughly $1 billion North Carolina expansion centered on a new Sanford plant, Genentech broke ground on a $750 million expansion in Hillsboro, Oregon, and Eden Radioisotopes tapped Kiewit for an up to $1.4 billion medical isotope facility in New Mexico. Plus, Arcadis deepened its AI partnership with Autodesk. Let's dive in!

Oct 1, 2026

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TheJobWalk Premium E.9

This month moved faster than a crew trying to beat the rain. Our team has been buried in bid awards, site plans, and billion-dollar announcements from coast to coast. We're running on coffee and very little sleep... Now let's step back and look at the bigger picture. Let’s dive in!

Sep 30, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.94

The FAA handed out $1.1 billion in airport improvement grants, Eli Lilly broke ground on a $6.5 billion plant in Houston, and Hanwha Defense USA unveiled a $2.2 billion munitions campus in Arkansas. Sioux Honey started work on what it calls the world's largest honey bottling plant, Walton and Mercy launched a health campus in Bentonville, and U.S. Steel began a $475 million upgrade in Alabama. Plus, TAR raised $120 million to power AI data centers off the grid. Let's dive in!

Sep 24, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.93

Meta pushed its Eagle Mountain data center investment past $3 billion, Wiwynn committed $1.6 billion to expand its Texas manufacturing footprint for Amazon's server racks, and Aligned Data Centers broke ground on a $10 billion, 2 GW campus in Pennsylvania. The Kansas City Royals selected Mortenson | McCownGordon and JE Dunn to build their $3 billion Ballpark District, USA Rare Earth broke ground on a $1.2 billion magnet manufacturing facility in South Carolina, and Buildots raised $130 million to scale its AI construction platform globally. Let's dive in!

Sep 17, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.92

Amkor pushed its Arizona packaging campus investment to roughly $12 billion, Suniva raised $835 million to more than quadruple its solar cell capacity, and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco broke ground on a $250 million Kentucky expansion set to double its local workforce. Amtrak began major construction on a new $1 billion Sunnyside Yard maintenance facility tied to its incoming Airo trainsets, and Procore closed its $845 million acquisition of DroneDeploy, bringing drone and robotics-based visual intelligence into its platform. Let's dive in!

Sep 10, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.91

They say construction never sleeps, and this week proved it... Fervo Energy signed a 396 MW geothermal power deal with Google to fuel Utah data centers, CF Industries broke ground on a $3.7 billion low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana, and Walmart announced a $1.3 billion fulfillment center, bringing 1,000 jobs to rural Georgia. Sabey Data Centers outlined a $4.25 billion campus proposal for Indianapolis, four new EdgeConneX-linked data center buildings broke ground in Cedar Creek, Texas, carrying a combined $2.8 billion in construction costs, and Caterpillar teamed up with FieldAI to bring physical AI and robotics to jobsites. Let's dive in!

Sep 3, 2026

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TheJobWalk Premium E.8

Our team has been working tirelessly to stay on top of the news, chasing groundbreakings, filings, and multi-billion-dollar commitments across every corner of the country, and honestly, we're a little out of breath.

Aug 31, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.90

What a week for construction, the numbers are staggering! Ferrovial was selected to deliver Tennessee's $9.2 billion I-24 corridor, SpaceX unveiled plans to build a $100 billion Starbase in Louisiana, and Gravis Robotics secured $200 million from SoftBank in the largest Series A in construction robotics history. Genentech will invest roughly $750 million in a new fill-finish manufacturing facility at its Hillsboro, Oregon campus, Micron Technology launched Micron Research Labs, a Boise-based research hub backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade, and Tesla proposed a $10.1 billion solar cell manufacturing facility in Fort Bend County, Texas, dubbed Project Crystal Sun. Let's dive in!

Aug 27, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.89

Bank of America kicked off a $250 billion infrastructure finance push, a selection committee named the top construction manager for the Tampa Bay Rays' $2.3 billion ballpark, and Bedrock Robotics put fully autonomous excavators to work on live U.S. job sites for the first time. Amazon is eyeing a 601-acre data center site near Trenton, Ohio, and just increased their Shreveport campus investment to $18 billion, while Northwestern Medicine advances on its new Streeterville hospital tower. And lastly, Coca-Cola UNITED committed $106 million to modernize its Alexandria, Louisiana distribution hub. Let's dive in!

Aug 20, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.88

The FAA distributed $870 million across 339 airports nationwide, whilst The Washington Commanders selected a joint venture to build their new stadium, and Bristol Myers Squibb committed $2.3 billion to a new manufacturing campus in Houston. Meanwhile, STERIS invests $600 million in a North Carolina chemistries plant, SpaceX announces a $16.8 billion semiconductor plant in Texas, and Southwire invests over $256 million into its Starkville, Mississippi cable plant. Wow, what a week for manufacturing! And lastly, TerraFirma raises $115 million to expand its robotic construction platform. Let’s dive in!

Aug 13, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.87

Apple struck a $30 billion-plus multiyear chip deal with Broadcom, and Trump unveiled renderings for a $20+ billion Dulles International Airport overhaul. Octapharma committed $1.5 billion to its first U.S. manufacturing site in South Carolina, while CyrusOne filed permits for its $1.5 billion DFW20 data center campus in Freestone County, Texas. Balfour Beatty and Stellar Group broke ground on UF student housing, Illinois regulators approved a $231 million hospital replacement, and Procore agreed to acquire DroneDeploy for $845 million. Let's dive in!

Aug 6, 2026