Total U.S. construction spending is expected to approach $2.2 trillion in 2026, with some industry forecasts projecting modest growth over 2025. While market conditions remain uneven, major investments in transportation, aviation, advanced manufacturing, and infrastructure continue to move forward across the country. This article features highlights of four major construction projects currently underway in the United States...
By Monica Xiao, Project Engineer
Monica Xiao recently completed her first year as a full-time Project Engineer at Beacon Consulting Group. Based in Beacon’s Medford, Massachusetts office, Monica first joined Beacon as an Engineering Co-op in 2023 through Northeastern University’s Co-op Program. After graduating from Northeastern with a degree in Industrial Engineering and a minor in Business Administration, she returned to Beacon full time in the summer of 2025. During her first year, Monica has contributed to a wide range of construction consulting and surety-claims-related assignments, including project accounting, cost-to-complete analysis, expert report support, delay claim work, and project documentation. As she reflects on her first year with Beacon, Monica shares several of the lessons she has learned along the way...
By John Yeung, Vice President
Across the United States, one of the fastest-growing areas of construction is not residential, retail, or traditional office development. It is data centers. Driven by cloud computing, streaming, cybersecurity, e-commerce, and the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, data centers have become one of the most important infrastructure categories in the country. As companies race to build the computing capacity needed to support AI tools, machine learning, automation, and large-scale digital services, demand for new data center construction has accelerated dramatically....
By Marcus Lehner, MS, BSCE, Project Manager
Much of the infrastructure across the United States is approaching or exceeding its original design life. The average bridge is now over 40 years old, with many highway overpasses approaching or exceeding their original design life of 50 years. Large suspension bridges, while often designed for longer lifespans, also face increasing maintenance demands as key components age and traffic loads grow. At the same time, buildings and dams constructed decades ago are operating under higher loads and greater environmental stress...
