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Raleigh’s Hidden Advantage on Flooding — and Why It’s No Longer Enough groundbreakcarolinas.com/ral…

Raleigh’s Hidden Advantage on Flooding — and Why It’s No Longer Enough - GroundBreak Carolinas

Amid the ongoing recovery from Hurricane Helene, it may be hard to believe that Raleigh has a lot going for it when it comes to flood resilience. Rolling hills give heavy rainfall natural channels to...

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Charlotte adds 11 months to data center ban as state weighs new restrictions bizjournals.com/charlotte/ne… @CBJNewsroom

Charlotte adds 11 months to data center ban as state weighs new restrictions

Charlotte extends its data center moratorium to October 2027 as city officials and state lawmakers work on development restrictions near schools and neighborhoods.

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Student housing boom drives Raleigh developer's expansion on Hillsborough St. bizjournals.com/triangle/new…

Student housing boom drives Raleigh developer's expansion on Hillsborough St.

Preiss is expanding its Raleigh office on Hillsborough Street as student housing demand surges around NC State University.

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New U.S. Industrial Leases Return to Prior Peak, Renewals Drop groundbreakcarolinas.com/new…

New U.S. Industrial Leases Return to Prior Peak, Renewals Drop - GroundBreak Carolinas

The U.S. industrial new lease count index has returned to its historical peak, while the renewal index has fallen, according to data from CoStar, the leading global provider of online real estate...

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Construction’s promotion structure breeds impostor syndrome constructiondive.com/news/co… @ConstructDive

Construction’s promotion structure breeds impostor syndrome

Elevating field leaders to executive roles makes sense for the business, but often puts them in a spot where they feel they still need to prove themselves, writes the co-founder of a therapy provider.

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ENR Top 600: AI Boom Tests Talent Pipelines enr.com/articles/64024-enr-t… @ENRNews

ENR Top 600: AI Boom Tests Talent Pipelines

Data centers drive Top 600 revenue growth and growing pains, but will rising risks stunt efforts to build contractor capacity?

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Little Elevates Four Leaders to Partner groundbreakcarolinas.com/lit…

Little Elevates Four Leaders to Partner - GroundBreak Carolinas

Charlotte-based Little Diversified Architectural Consulting is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Partners in the firm: Megan D’Albora (Charlotte office), Scott Fundling, Shana Hetheri...

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DEWALT and August Robotics’ Downward Drilling Robot Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 groundbreakcarolinas.com/dew…

DEWALT and August Robotics' Downward Drilling Robot Named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 -...

DALE™, the world's first fleet-capable downward drilling robot, recognized in the Robotics category for advancing speed, precision, and safety in data center constructionRobot selected by TIME...

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Amid immigration crackdown, US craft workers increasingly older, foreign-born constructiondive.com/news/im…

Amid immigration crackdown, US craft workers increasingly older, foreign-born

Research from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found immigrants accounted for all net growth in the trades between 2013 and 2024. A continued decline in immigration will put pressure on...

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Unanet to Connect with AEC Industry Leaders at Fall Events, Highlighting Innovations in Customer-Centric Solutions for Profitable Growth groundbreakcarolinas.com/una…

Unanet to Connect with AEC Industry Leaders at Fall Events, Highlighting Innovations in Customer-...

Unanet experts will lead sessions exploring how agentic AI is transforming the project lifecycle, showcasing recent ChampAI innovations that help AEC firms move beyond tracking their business to...

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Buc-ee's eyes second NC location - WSOC TV wsoctv.com/news/local/buc-ee…

Buc-ee’s eyes second NC location

The chain’s first North Carolina location is currently under construction along I-40/I-85 in Mebane and is expected to open in November 2027.

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Family accused of taking nearly $375,000 in copper from interstate #construction projects foxcarolina.com/2026/10/17/f…

Family accused of taking nearly $375,000 in copper from interstate construction projects

Authorities say hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of copper has been stolen from construction projects along Interstate 69.

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New Report: CRE Sentiment Dips as Interest Rate Outlook Weakens groundbreakcarolinas.com/new…

New Report: CRE Sentiment Dips as Interest Rate Outlook Weakens - GroundBreak Carolinas

Commercial real estate leaders expect industry conditions to worsen slightly over the next 12 months, according to the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (CREDA) CRE Sentiment Index for...

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SeamonWhiteside Celebrates New Permanent Home for Raleigh Office in Cary, Driving Regional Job Growth and Community Development groundbreakcarolinas.com/sea…

SeamonWhiteside Celebrates New Permanent Home for Raleigh Office in Cary, Driving Regional Job...

SeamonWhiteside (SW+), a full-service site design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, announced it is opening a permanent home for its Raleigh office at 1225 Crescent Green, Suite 240, in...

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New Book, Miracle Road, Traces Collaborations behind Research Triangle Park groundbreakcarolinas.com/new…

New Book, Miracle Road, Traces Collaborations behind Research Triangle Park - GroundBreak Carolinas

When Governor Luther Hodges stood before 600 business, government, and academic leaders in Raleigh’s Sir Walter Hotel on January 9, 1959, he announced that funds had been raised to build a research...

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RMF Engineering Named 2026 Best Place to Work by SCBIZ groundbreakcarolinas.com/rmf…

RMF Engineering Named 2026 Best Place to Work by SCBIZ - GroundBreak Carolinas

RMF Engineering, a leader in full-service MEP engineering, is proud to be named on the SC Biz 2026 Best Places to Work in South Carolina, a research-driven awards program recognizing outstanding...

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Good Bones: The #Decarbonization Push Heightens Interest in Reusing Old Buildings enr.com/articles/63806-good-… @ENRNews

Good Bones: The Decarbonization Push Heightens Interest in Reusing Old Buildings

While adaptive reuse has been a common practice within the AEC sector for decades, heightened focus on decarbonization along with net-zero and net-positive goals—in the U.S. and around the world—is...

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Contractors need to be prepared for accidental overdoses on jobsites constructiondive.com/news/op…

Contractors need to be prepared for accidental overdoses on jobsites

Stocking naloxone is like having any other safety first aid on a project, writes ABC’s vice president of human resources.

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Can ChatGPT Do #Construction Takeoffs? New Data Says Not Yet groundbreakcarolinas.com/can…

Can ChatGPT Do Construction Takeoffs? New Data Says Not Yet - GroundBreak Carolinas

New benchmark tests how accurately AI can read blueprints, measure spaces and produce the numbers contractors use to bid. Leading AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, scored just 2% to 34%...

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ENR Top 200 Environmental Firms: Assessing Market Give and Take enr.com/articles/63802-enr-t… @ENRNews

ENR Top 200 Environmental Firms: Assessing Market Give and Take

Companies boost global revenue growth almost 10% to $196.3-billion, but see federal policy shifts and stretched resources pressuring project delivery.

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