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Total construction spending in the United States is running 3.8 percent below where it was a year ago....

If any part of your backlog is federal-aid work, September 30 belongs on your wall. The surface transportation...

The storm is over and the sun is back, which is exactly when crews get in trouble. Tropical Storm Edouard...

Every contractor in Texas has stood on a jobsite after a wet week and done the same math: how long do...

Texas just committed to a decade of roadwork. The Texas Transportation Commission approved TxDOT’s...

Most aggregate contractors think about buildings, pads and roads. Here is a category that quietly consumes...

A construction access road is the cheapest thing on the job until it fails. Then it is the most expensive,...

State water funding just landed in three cities where a lot of Texas contractors work. The Texas Water...

Fuel is only half of what is happening to your haul costs. The other half is whether a truck is available...

One of the largest highway projects in Texas is entering the stretch that consumes the most material....

When you order material by the ton but think about the job by the truckload, the conversion matters....

Diesel just set a record, and it happened fast. The national on-highway average jumped 20 cents in a...

Collin County commissioners called an $817.5 million bond election on August 10 for the November 3 ballot,...

While a lot of attention sits on data centers waiting for power, North Texas industrial construction...

Rip rap looks like the simplest material on the job, and it is the one most often specced wrong. Size...

The July producer price report gave Texas contractors a split decision. Prices for final demand construction...

The July jobs report carried a signal every Texas contractor should read. The overall U.S. economy lost...

Texas data centers have been treated as an endless source of sitework, so a pause this month is worth...

Select fill is one of the most commonly specified and most commonly misunderstood materials on a Texas...

While some commercial demand looks shaky, North Texas water infrastructure is a firm, funded source of...

Texas aggregate prices are still rising in 2026, and the two largest producers just confirmed it. In...

Texas material delivery timing is about to get tighter, and the reason is already in the record. Heavy...

Texas cement demand is cooling in 2026, which may surprise contractors who keep hearing that cement is...

If you are asking how much road base you need, the honest answer is that it comes down to three numbers:...

What TxDOT Item 247 flexible base is, the types and grades, and how Texas contractors spec and order...

CyrusOne registered a $500M, 460,000 sq ft data center west of San Antonio. What the Medina County project...

Diesel bottomed in early July then rebounded to $5.13 by July 20. What the reversal means for Texas haul...

Crushed concrete vs road base for Texas jobsites. How the two differ on spec, strength, cost, and when...

BLS data shows construction material costs up about 6% year over year in June. What is rising and what...

A new Fannin County wash plant adds sand and aggregate capacity in North Texas. Why local supply and...

TxDOT's $250M My35 Waco South project widens I-35 to eight lanes. What the Central Texas corridor work...

JPS Health Network is building a $2.5B hospital program in Fort Worth, including a $300M utility plant....

Freight spot rates are hitting multi-year highs as truck capacity tightens. What rising haul costs mean...

The largest US aggregate producer guides 4 to 6% price gains for 2026 as volumes climb. What the strong...

What pipe bedding sand is, the right gradation for utility trenches, and how Texas contractors spec and...

How to calculate tons of aggregate for any Texas jobsite. Simple formula for road base, crushed concrete,...

A temporary import surcharge ends July 24 as aggregate costs climb. What Texas contractors should lock...

Dallas is starting $830M in highway work in 2026, led by the $730.5M I-30 widening. What it means for...

Martin Marietta's $13.5B Lhoist deal reshapes Texas limestone supply. What DFW and Central Texas contractors...

Aggregates Now is now NCTRCA certified as a Small Business Enterprise (SBE/MBE/WBE). Certification ID...

Diesel at $4.832 for June 22. Below $5.00 for the first time since the spring spike. What five consecutive...

Texas has 140 planned data centers adding 75,089 MW. Projected at 30% of U.S. demand by 2028. What that...

Medline broke ground on a $150M, 1.2M sq ft distribution center in Midlothian. What it means for aggregate...

Rip rap comes in 6 sizes from 3-inch to 24-inch. Here is how Texas contractors choose the right size...

DFW Forward spans 180-plus projects including Terminal C mid-2026 and Terminal F at $855M. What the $9B...

AGC 2026 Hiring Outlook: 62% fear slowdown, 57% can't find workers, 53% cite materials costs. What those...

ABC CBI hit 8.6 months in March 2026, up from 8.2 in December. Data centers at 10.6 months. What a growing...

TxDOT's $671M SH-6 project in Bryan/College Station started December 2025 and runs through 2030. Five...

BLS May PPI confirmed diesel producer prices rose 106% year-over-year. What it means for Texas delivered...

BLS May PPI: construction inputs rose 8.4% year-over-year, largest since Nov 2022. Bid prices rose 3.5%....

TWDB approved $139.6M for water projects in South Texas, Central Texas, and the Rio Grande Valley in...

Texas State Water Plan carries a $174B price tag. TWDB approved $140M for utility projects in February....

Select fill must meet geotechnical engineer specifications before it's approved for use on Texas construction...

H.R. 8870 passed House committee May 22. The pilot allows states to raise truck weights to 91,000 lbs....

ABC Central Texas says I-35 foremen are the pressure point where projects win or lose. What compressed...

158 proposed gas power plants and a 7.65GW complex in Pecos County are reshaping West Texas. Here is...

EIA revised diesel Q2 to $5.36 and Q3 to $4.94 in the May STEO. Weekly price $5.523 May 25. What the...

SB 763 and SB 2351 changed Texas batch plant permitting effective September 2025. TCEQ rulemaking is...

Vulcan Materials guided for $2.4-2.6B EBITDA in 2026 with stronger pricing and public construction demand....

Martin Marietta's 2026 guidance targets aggregate volumes up 12% and prices up 5% after exiting North...

Google announced $40 billion in Texas investment through 2027, and new Stargate sites in Shackelford...

CRH published a dedicated Texas market assessment on April 22 citing ASCE's finding of severe underinvestment...

The Stargate AI campus in Abilene has more than 6,400 construction workers on-site and four of eight...

Aligned Data Centers broke ground on Project Caprock in Hale County on April 9, a 313-acre, 540MW campus...

The EIA's May Short-Term Energy Outlook revised its diesel price forecast today, pushing the easing timeline...

William Rocha of F.H. Paschen published in Construction Dive this week that Texas' $200 billion infrastructure...

Samsung's Taylor fab, Blueprint Data Centers near Taylor, Pegatron in Georgetown, and Tokyo Electron...

The Associated Builders and Contractors' Construction Backlog Indicator came in at 8.2 months in December,...

Three statutory changes now govern Texas construction contracts signed after September 1, 2025, covering...

BNSF Railway broke ground on the 944-acre Logistics Center North Dallas in Gunter, Texas in March. Phase...

National average diesel came in at $5.403 per gallon for the week ending April 20 per the EIA, down from...

Texas lawmakers allocated $21.2 billion to TxDOT for fiscal year 2026, the largest single-year highway...

Cushman and Wakefield confirmed tariffs have pushed construction materials costs up approximately 6%...

The North Texas Municipal Water District has approved a $1.7 billion capital program for 2026, with $605...

Truck availability on DAT just hit its lowest Week 13 levels in a decade — and Texas construction season...

Texas Proposition 4 dedicates $1 billion per year through 2047 to pipelines, reservoirs, and flood control...

Every forecast said diesel would drop in 2026. Instead it hit $5.64 — and the difference is landing directly...

TxDOT just broke ground on an $888 million highway project in Dallas — one of nine major DFW freeway...

Independent dump truck operators are parking equipment as rising diesel costs outpace what surcharges...

Diesel jumped more than 24 cents per gallon in a single week. Here's what that means for every aggregate...