Willmeng Names Michelle Rousseau Director of Trade Relations

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Michelle Rousseau has been hired as director of trade relations at Willmeng Construction. This newly created director-level position is designed to deepen relationships with key trade partners and enhance communication across the firm’s growing market sectors. Rousseau’s role was created to proactively grow the base of specialized subcontractor firms to serve expanded market sectors. This position is unique to general contractors and is specifically designed to drive deeper partnerships and mutually leverage the strengths of the companies. Rousseau will focus on being a dedicated resource for those trade partners to serve them from project preconstruction stages through warranty stages, as … Read more

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Tariffs Drive Construction Materials Prices Up 2.8% in 2025

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Construction input prices decreased 0.6% in December compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors’ analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices decreased 0.7% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 2.8% higher than a year ago, while nonresidential construction input prices are 3.2% higher. Prices increased in 2 of 3 energy categories last month. Natural gas and unprocessed energy materials prices were up 34.8% and 5.5%, respectively, while crude petroleum prices were down 2.7% in December. “Construction materials prices posted a welcome decline in December, yet … Read more

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McCarthy Purchases Hotel, Plans New National Employee Development Campus

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McCarthy Building Companies announced the completion of its purchase of a 12-acre former hotel and convention site, which will become the company’s new campus for people development, innovation, leadership programming and company culture. The campus will host thousands of McCarthy employees from across the country annually for multi-day learning and development programs, team-build outings and company meetings. As a longstanding community builder, McCarthy will revitalize the 12-acre campus, preserving its distinctive architectural character while bringing a completely refreshed and modern aesthetic to the campus. The new Tempe center will host professional development programs, leadership and executive development and skill-specific coaching … Read more

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Robins & Morton, AdventHealth Break Ground on AdventHealth Auburndale ER

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Construction firm Robins & Morton joined AdventHealth to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new AdventHealth Auburndale ER on Jan. 8 in Auburndale, Florida. The facility will feature 12 private exam rooms, advanced imaging including X-ray, CT, and ultrasound and a full-service lab. Families can also expect pediatric emergency care, pharmacy services and respiratory therapy. The 13,000+ square-foot facility is also expected to create more than 35 new jobs. HuntonBrady is the architecture firm chosen for the project and Robins & Morton will manage the construction. The AdventHealth Auburndale ER, a department of AdventHealth Heart of Florida, is scheduled to open … Read more

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McCarthy Tops Out Project at Vantage Data Centers’ Campus outside Reno, Nevada

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General contractor McCarthy Building Companies completed the topping out milestone for Vantage Data Centers’ second of four planned data centers on its NV1 Campus outside of Reno in Storey County, Nevada. With representatives from Storey County and Vantage leadership in attendance, the project marked significant progress on the NV12 facility, the second 64-megawatt data center on the campus. Phase I of the campus provides hyperscalers and large cloud providers with 128 MW of combined critical IT capacity across its NV11 and NV12 facilities. The campus has created more than 1,200 local construction jobs and has already generated significant local economic … Read more

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