Caterpillar plans to invest approximately $1 billion in North Carolina, including a new Sanford manufacturing facility to expand compact track loader and telehandler production.
Caterpillar’s $1bn North Carolina manufacturing expansion leads today’s Construction Dig Daily Briefing, alongside data-center power, defense infrastructure and major highway construction.
Construction Dig’s inaugural Highway & Bridge Forecaster reading stands at 99.4 — Stable, pointing to broadly steady US highway and bridge construction activity around June 2027.
Con Dig (30-Sep-26) — Today’s briefing is led by the formal start of Alabama’s $3.2 billion Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project, alongside major civil, defense and manufacturing awards and fresh evidence of accelerating construction-cost…
The biggest US construction developments from the past 24 hours, led by a proposed $15 billion Iowa steel complex and a $169 million Fort Worth flood-control award.
Con Dig (28-Sep-26) — Rising construction material and fuel costs are putting fresh pressure on US project budgets, with federal data showing sharp increases in diesel and key metals while contractors report projects being postponed,…
Con Dig (28-Sep-26) — A selective start to the week, led by two major data-center developments and fresh project activity in Boston and Pittsburgh. Construction Dig found fewer than eight genuinely material new items in…
Con Dig (25-Sep-26) — Grid investment, flood-control infrastructure and waterfront construction lead today’s US construction cycle. The Department of Energy selected 31 transmission projects representing $5.25 billion of combined investment, while major federal and local…
Con Dig (24-Sep-26) — Federal construction contracting dominates today’s US construction cycle, led by a $3.5 billion Air Force environmental construction vehicle and a $107.6 million Army facilities contract in Georgia. Elsewhere, major school, residential…
Con Dig (23-Sep-26) — Federal construction awards lead a busy US project cycle, with Skanska landing a $271.2 million Coast Guard pier contract in Rhode Island. Data-center and digital-infrastructure development also remains active, while major…