Jeff Yoders

Chicago

Editor, ENR Midwest at Engineering News-Record (ENR)

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Microsoft Opts to Buy 622,000 Tons of Low-Carbon Cement Products From Sublime Systems

1 week ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Microsoft Corp. has agreed to purchase up to 622,500 tons of low-carbon cementitious materials from Sublime Systems' first commercial factory in Holyoke, Mass., as well as the full-scale factory it plans to develop in the next six to nine years. The tech giant will use low-carbon Sublime Cement to reduce the company's carbon footprint across its planned portfolio of projects including data centers over the next two decades.
Autodesk Beats First Quarter Revenue Estimates, Quells Shareholder Revolt

1 week ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Autotdesk reported first-quarter fiscal 2026 non-GAAP earnings of $2.29 per share May 22, which beat most estimates and improved 22.5% year over year. Autodesk reports its revenue a year ahead based on its annual subscription sales model. The San Rafael, Calif., software giant reported revenues of $1.63 billion, and grew 15.2% year over year.
SCOTUS Allows Trump Administration to Remove NLRB, MSPB Board Members

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 22 granted the Trump administration's emergency request to remove Democrat-appointed members of two independent agencies, the National Labor Relations Board and the Merit Systems Protection Board. The vote was 6-3 with the Democrat-appointed justices of the High Court—Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor—all in dissent.
Supreme Court Rules 9-0 That False DBE Reporting on Federal Projects is Fraud

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously May 22 that a Philadelphia painting contractor and its project manager defrauded the Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation and U.S. government that provided federal funds to two transportation projects it won by misrepresenting a disadvantaged business entity as a supplier.
EarthCam Boosts AI, Collects Data in User Dashboards

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

NewsTechConstruction technology In April, EarthCam released Control Center 9, the latest version of its suite of construction site camera and management software. At the same time, the company is moving beyond being a time-lapse image and site security platform to take on larger roles in materials tracking and jobsite safety and health. EarthCam Jobsite Health is a new dashboard that provides project metrics generated by artificial intelligence analytics.
NABTU Secures Injunction in Federal Court to Uphold Biden-era PLA Mandate for Federal Projects

2 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

North America's Building Trades Unions won a preliminary injunction May 16 in federal court against the U.S. Department of Defense, its Veterans' Affairs Administration and the U.S. General Services Administration which had all ordered earlier this year that project labor agreement language be removed from their new contracts for large projects.
OpenSpace Creates Construction Reality Capture Platform with OpenSpace Air

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

OpenSpace, a 360-degree reality capture and artificial intelligence-powered analytics platform for construction, on May 14 released OpenSpace Air, a cloud-based repository that enables building and construction teams to consolidate all reality capture data, including from drones, 360-degree cameras, mobile phones and laser scans, into a visual record, OpenSpace Air is included with all existing OpenSpace subscriptions and is available immediately.
House Bill Has $46.5B in New Border Wall Project Construction

3 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

The House Committee on Homeland Security forwarded budget recommendations April that could fund 700 additional miles of border wall, 900 miles of river barriers and 630 miles of secondary walls if approved by Congress as part of a budget reconciliation bill President Donald Trump has requested the legislature to pass by Memorial Day.
AI, Real-World Robotics Applications Take Center Stage at ENR FutureTech

4 weeks ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Experts at ENR's FutureTech Conference May 6 and 7 shared optimistic visions of a not-too-distant future where architecture, engineering and construction practitioners have more connected workflows, more reliable data pipelines, more proactive approaches to cope with jobsite uncertainty and more tools such as Internet of Things and digital twins to replace meetings and work phases.
Arcol Brings BIM to a Browser, Gives Design Concept Choice

1 month ago | enr.com | Jeff Yoders

Startups and established players are all vying to replace desktop and file-format-bound design tools with something that utilizes the power of the internet to enable true design collaboration. One player already has support from executives at the top of the design software game—with its platform being used by design firms large and small. Paul O’Carroll started Arcol in 2001 in his native Ireland after seeing how limited desktop design tools were.