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It was another big week for construction headlines. President Donald Trump adjusted tariffs on major building materials, and contech firm Trimble signed an agreement to acquire Document Crunch, an AI startup for scanning contracts.

Read on for more construction news from this week that builders should know about.

Fluor wins 2 early phase projects

Fluor announced two contract awards this week, both wins on early-stage engineering columbus oh dump truck company for major energy projects in Texas.

In Brownsville, Fluor will perform front-end engineering and design for a large-scale refinery developed by America First Refining. The project, billed as the first new U.S. refinery in more than 50 years, will ultimately process over 60 million barrels of domestic crude annually. 

Separately, the Irving, Texas-based contractor also secured a contract with X-energy for a proposed small modular reactor project in south Texas. The columbus oh dump truck company focuses on project definition, strategic planning, feasibility assessment, cost control and risk mitigation, according to the release.

Fluor will recognize the undisclosed contract values for both projects in the first quarter of 2026.

—Sebastian Obando

Major firms make executive moves

Multiple columbus oh dump truck company made changes at the executive level this week. 

Sweden-based builder and developer Skanska elevated John Calvin to vice president and account manager for its building operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, the firm announced Tuesday in a release shared with Construction Dive. Calvin has spent nearly 25 years with the firm, first in Skanska’s Winston-Salem, North Carolina office.

Going forward, Calvin will oversee project execution and delivery in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. In past roles at Skanska, which included time in Roanoke and Charlottesville, Virginia, Calvin developed partnerships with clients such as Virgnita Tech, the University of Virginia and The College of William and Mary.

—Zachary Phillips

In addition, BL Companies, an employee-owned, multidisciplinary architecture, engineering, environmental and land surveying firm, has hired Shannon Cavallo as its new CFO.

Cavallo joins the Meriden, Connecticut-based firm, and enters the construction industry, after serving as CFO at Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut, per the announcement. Cavallo will lead BL Companies’ efforts to transform financial and operational data into insights that support growth. 

Alongside her CFO duties, Cavallo also teaches at Post University in Middlebury, Connecticut, as an adjunct professor in business intelligence and data analytics.

—Matthew Thibault

Turner Construction has a new chief information officer on the job. Dawn Paquette, former CIO at GE Aerospace, has taken on the role at the New York City-based contractor. 

As CIO, Paquette will lead Turner’s enterprise technology strategy, strengthen digital infrastructure and partner with operations and business leaders to deliver technology solutions that drive performance across the company, according to a LinkedIn post from Lisa Ballantyne, Turner’s chief administrative officer. 

Prior to GE Aerospace, Paquette held technology roles at Elevance Health, formerly known as Anthem. 

She recently told Fortune she was energized to take on the role at the industry’s largest contractor by revenue. 

“What drew me to Turner was the opportunity to operate at the intersection of people, projects and technology in a way that directly impacts how columbus oh dump truck company gets done,” she told the publication.

—Joe Bousquin

OSHA National Emphasis Program expires

On Wednesday, an OSHA Heat National Emphasis Program expired, exactly four years after it was launched. 

The NEP’s expiration, however, doesn’t mean employers can or should take a lax view of heat safety, said Phillip Russell, a Tampa, Florida-based OSHA lawyer with law firm Ogletree Deakins.

“I think the most practical take away for employers is that you should still be focused on heat as a possible workplace hazard,” Russell told Construction Dive. 

The Biden-era program sought to raise awareness of and dramatically increase OSHA’s focus on heat-related hazards in the workplace, particularly in industries like construction. The NEP authorized proactive OSHA inspections when the heat index reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit or when the National Weather Service issued a heat warning or advisory.