Con Dig (03-Sep-26) — A strong US construction news cycle is led by a $121.8 million Fort Meade cyber facility award, Eaton’s $242 million Arkansas manufacturing expansion and a key engineering award for a proposed major refinery in Brownsville, Texas. Eight developments make today’s briefing.
Clark Construction wins $121.8M Fort Meade cyber facility
Clark Construction Group has been awarded a $121.8 million firm-fixed-price contract to build a cybersecurity operations facility at Fort Meade, Maryland. The US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District is the contracting activity, with completion scheduled for September 2029.
Why it matters: The award adds a substantial secure-facilities project to Clark’s federal pipeline and represents one of the largest new military construction awards announced this week.
Eaton plans $242M, 1 million-sq-ft Arkansas plant
Eaton will invest more than $242 million in a new 1 million-square-foot manufacturing facility in North Little Rock, Arkansas, to expand production of modular electrical enclosures. The project is expected to create more than 1,200 jobs and double US manufacturing capacity for the company’s Fibrebond business.
Why it matters: The plant directly serves data-center, utility and industrial demand, adding another major manufacturing project tied to the buildout of US power and digital infrastructure.
Matrix lands FEED work for proposed Brownsville refinery
Matrix Service Company has been selected to perform front-end engineering and design for the storage tank farm at America First Refining’s proposed large-scale refinery in Brownsville, Texas. The planned facility is expected to process about 60 million barrels of domestic crude annually and would be the first new major US refinery in more than 50 years if it reaches construction.
Why it matters: The FEED award moves a potentially enormous Gulf Coast industrial project closer to a final investment decision and creates an early engineering foothold for Matrix.
Source: Matrix Service Company
Washington cable landing station breaks ground
Toptana Technologies has begun construction of a new cable landing station at Ocean Shores, Washington, designed to accommodate up to four subsea cable systems. The Indigenous-owned facility will serve as the Washington landing point for AWS’s planned Sta’O’Nuk transpacific cable and is expected to be the state’s first new cable landing station in more than 25 years.
Why it matters: The project expands the physical infrastructure supporting cloud computing and international data traffic while creating a new West Coast digital gateway.
Source: Toptana Technologies / GlobeNewswire
$64M Granary mixed-use project starts in Indiana
Flaherty & Collins Properties and the City of Noblesville have broken ground on The Granary, a $64 million mixed-use development on a former milling site in downtown Noblesville, Indiana. The three-acre project will include 223 apartments, 5,000 square feet of retail and roughly 300 structured parking spaces, with completion targeted for late 2028.
Why it matters: The project combines housing, retail and public infrastructure in a significant downtown redevelopment tied to the Pleasant Street corridor.
Shivers Farm construction set to begin in Southlake
Trademark Property Company and Harrison Street Asset Management announced a joint investment in Shivers Farm, a 40-acre mixed-use development in Southlake, Texas, with construction expected to start this month. The Whole Foods-anchored project will include 111,000 square feet of retail, 38,000 square feet of Class A office space, 37 single-family lots and a three-acre pad for hotel, entertainment or additional retail use.
Why it matters: The project adds a sizable new mixed-use construction program to the Dallas-Fort Worth pipeline, with Ridgemont Construction named as general contractor.
Source: Trademark Property Company
Amazon delivery station breaks ground in Sheboygan
Construction has started on Amazon’s planned last-mile delivery station at Sheboygan’s SouthPointe Enterprise Campus in Wisconsin. The facility is expected to total roughly 200,000 to 216,000 square feet and support around 150 to 200 direct jobs when operations begin in 2027.
Why it matters: The project brings a major logistics user to a growing city-owned business park and adds another sizable industrial build to Wisconsin’s construction pipeline.
Anne Arundel proposes $228M school capital program
Anne Arundel County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Bedell has proposed a $228 million FY2028 capital budget covering construction, design, renovation or feasibility work on 11 major school projects and a new bus facility. About $149.4 million of the recommendation is concentrated in major projects including Old Mill High School, Old Mill Middle School North, a new school bus facility and multiple school renovations and designs.
Why it matters: The proposal outlines a substantial future public-construction pipeline for contractors and designers in one of Maryland’s largest school systems.
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