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San Antonio-based infrastructure builder Zachry Construction has started a wastewater treatment facility upgrade project in Dallas valued at approximately $108 million, owned by the Trinity River Authority, with expected completion in the fourth quarter of 2029.
Fluor released its first-quarter 2026 financial results, with new contract awards down 54% year-over-year to $2.69 billion and revenue down 8% to $3.66 billion. CEO Jim Breuer said the decline in orders is a timing issue and revealed that the potential project pipeline exceeds $60 billion, maintaining confidence in full-year growth.
Tutor Perini revealed during its earnings call that it is evaluating expansion opportunities in the data center sector but will remain cautious. The company expects strong performance in 2026 and 2027 and disclosed bidding progress on several large projects.
WSP achieved growth in the first quarter of 2026, driven by power generation and AI-related businesses. CEO Alexandre L'Heureux revealed that power generation projects account for about one-third of U.S. revenue. The company strengthened its power services through the acquisition of TRC and has rolled out AI tools to over 30,000 employees. Q1 revenue was C$4.55 billion, with a record backlog of C$19.7 billion.
Euna Solutions released Solicitation Advisor on April 29, an AI tool integrated into the Euna Procurement platform that automatically reviews draft RFPs before release, identifying vague language, conflicting criteria, and mismatches between evaluation standards and supplier information requirements, aiming to reduce the time and administrative burden of subsequent amendments.
Texas has added over 2.5 million residents since 2020, fueling more than $200 billion in transportation and utility infrastructure investment. However, skilled labor shortages, compressed schedules, and large-scale coordination pressures pose severe challenges to quality control. The industry needs to embed quality assurance throughout the project lifecycle and, through training and expectation management, strike a balance between speed and long-term reliability.
Granite Construction stated in its Q1 2026 earnings call that border infrastructure and data center site preparation have taken up a larger share of its business, with federal contracts accounting for about 15% of revenue and data center projects potentially another 10%. The company raised its 2026 revenue guidance, expecting an additional $200 million from border work and $100 million from the Kenny Seng acquisition.
AI's application in the trades is not about replacing human labor but becoming a capability multiplier. BuildOps co-founder Alok Chanani, through a Dallas data center example and industry survey data, points out that due to the inherently physical nature of their work, tradespeople have seen AI's role more clearly and earlier: not about downsizing, but about expanding possibilities.
Granite Construction announced on Monday the completion of its acquisition of Kenny Seng Construction, an infrastructure contractor in Provo, Utah, with terms of the transaction undisclosed. This move continues Granite's "local markets" strategy and includes a hard rock quarry with an annual production capacity of 1 million tons. The KSC leadership team will remain in place, and the brand will stay unchanged.
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) warns that the Trump administration's decision to dismiss the entire National Science Board could jeopardize U.S. innovation, infrastructure resilience, and public safety. In a statement, ASCE President Martha Anderson Bomar emphasized that research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) is critical to engineering design, seismic resilience, and extreme weather response.