🎙️ Episode Title: June 5th, 2025: Key U.S. Construction Insights and Updates
Host: Jared S. Taylor
Description:
In this episode, host Jared S. Taylor brings you the latest U.S. construction news and policy updates as of June 5th, 2025. Key topics include:

• Gray and HiTHIUM’s new battery energy storage manufacturing facility near Dallas, Texas
• GAF’s groundbreaking for a new residential roofing plant in Kansas
• Topgolf’s new entertainment venue in New Jersey
• A major merger between BCMI Corp. and XBE to create an AI-enabled platform for construction materials
• Buildots’ launch of its Portfolio Dashboard for project oversight
• Sublime Systems’ partnership with top contractors for clean cement rollout
• Mass timber construction trends and U.S. market growth
• Q2 financial updates from Concrete Pumping Holdings and Quanex Building Products
• Rising tariffs and their impact on project costs and timelines

If you have any construction news to share, send Jared a message on LinkedIn. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s updates—and let’s keep building together!

🎙️ Episode Title: June 4, 2025: ICE Raids, Crane Collapse, Employment Trends
Host: Jared S. Taylor
Description:
In this episode, host Jared S. Taylor brings you the latest U.S. construction news and policy updates as of June 4, 2025. Key topics include:

• ICE raids at construction sites in San Antonio, New Orleans, and Tallahassee, highlighting labor shortages and workforce uncertainty.
• A tragic crane collapse in Florida that claimed two workers' lives.
• National construction spending declines for the third consecutive month, with employment data showing mixed results across 360 metro areas.
• Regional project updates in West Tennessee, Middletown (NY), Round Rock (TX), Golden (CO), Auburn (AL), and Arlington (TX).
• Economic caution amid rising equipment inventories and high inflation forecasts for construction.
• New technology and innovation updates: Buildots’ AI-powered Portfolio Dashboard launch, Sika’s strategic investment in Giatec Scientific, and RIB Software’s global campaign.
• JRM Construction Management’s completion of the biochemistry lab renovation at New York Tech, and Cokinos | Young’s recognition as a top construction law practice.

If you have any construction news to share, send Jared a message on LinkedIn. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s updates—and let’s keep building together!