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Construction Dive’s Friday Punch List is a series dedicated to sharing the top building headlines that contractors may have missed during the week.
It was another big week for construction headlines. President Donald Trump adjusted tariffs on major construction materials, etctechnological the company Trimble signed an agreement to purchase Document Crunchan AI startup for scanning contracts.
Read on for more construction news this week that builders should know.
Fluor wins 2 early stage projects
Fluor announced two contract awards this week, both wins in early-stage engineering work for large 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 eventually process more than 60 million barrels of domestic crude annually.
Separately, the Irving, Texas-based contractor also secured a contract with X-energy for a proposal small modular reactor project in South Texas. The work focuses on project definition, strategic planning, feasibility assessment, cost control and risk mitigation, according to the release.
Fluor will recognize undisclosed contract values for both projects in the first quarter of 2026.
—Sebastian Obando
Big companies make executive moves
Several contractors made executive-level changes this week.
Sweden-based builder and developer Skanska elevated John Calvin to vice president and account manager for its construction operations in the Mid-Atlantic region, the firm announced Tuesday in a statement shared with Construction Dive. Calvin has spent nearly 25 years with the company, first at Skanska’s office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Going forward, Calvin will oversee project execution and delivery in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. In previous roles at Skanska, which included time in Roanoke and Charlottesville, Virginia, Calvin developed partnerships with clients including 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 surveying firm, has hired Shannon Cavallo as new CFO.
Cavallo joins the Meriden, Conn.-based company and enters the construction industry, after serving as chief financial officer at Goodwill of Western and Northern Connecticut, according to the announcement. Cavallo will lead BL Companies’ efforts to transform financial and operational data into insights that support growth.
In addition to her CFO duties, Cavallo also teaches at Post University in Middlebury, Connecticut, as an adjunct professor of business intelligence and data analytics.
—Matthew Thibault
Turner Construction has a new chief information officer on the job. Dawn Paquette, former CIO of GE Aerospace, has assumed the role of the New York City-based contractor.
As CIO, Paquette will lead Turner’s business technology strategystrengthening digital infrastructure and partnering with operations and business leaders to deliver technology solutions that drive performance across the enterprise, according to a LinkedIn post by Lisa Ballantyne, Turner’s chief administrative officer.
Prior to GE Aerospace, Paquette held technology roles at Elevance Health, formerly known as Anthem.
He recently told Fortune had the energy to take on the role of 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 affects how work gets done,” he told the publication.
—Joe Bousquin
OSHA’s National Emphasis Program Expires
On Wednesday, one The National OSHA Heat Emphasis Program has expiredexactly four years after its launch.
The NEP’s expiration, however, doesn’t mean employers can or should take a lax view of thermal safety, said Phillip Russell, an OSHA attorney in Tampa, Fla., with the law firm Ogletree Deakins.
“I think the most practical thing for employers is that you should still focus on heat as a potential occupational hazard,” Russell told Construction Dive.
The Biden-era program sought to raise awareness and dramatically increase OSHA’s focus on heat-related hazards in the workplace, particularly in industries such as construction. The NEP authorized OSHA proactive inspections when the heat index reached 80 degrees Fahrenheit or when the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory or advisory.
A January 2025 notice extending the NEP from its initial expiration showed it had conducted about 7,000 heat-related inspections and issued 60. heat citations for violations of the General Mandatory Clause, the rule used for subpoenas when no specific rule applies. This figure was much higher compared to the years before the NEP.
Contractors who remain vigilant can still benefit, Russell said.
“Employers who do something, not nothing, will help employees stay safe and healthy and avoid OSHA inspections and citations,” he said.
—Zachary Phillips
Balfour Beatty USA to relocate offices
The US arm of London-based infrastructure giant Balfour Beatty is moving from an office in Dallas.
The contractor will relocate from its office at 3100 McKinnon St. and will eventually move to a new location a A park of victorya 17-story office tower off Interstate 35, the company confirmed to Construction Dive, though it did not share the exact timing of the change.
The move represents a direct investment in the company’s employees and North Texas, Pleas Mitchell, president of Balfour Beatty’s Texas and Arizona operations, told Construction Dive.
“With CBRE’s support, we identified a space that strengthens collaboration between our teams, supports how we attract and retain top talent, and positions us to grow alongside one of the most dynamic markets in the country while continuing to deliver exceptional value to our clients and partners,” said Mitchell.
—Matthew Thibault
