Construction & Demolition Recycling

Meta, a technology company based in Menlo Park, California, has announced that it will break ground on a new data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, the company's first data center in Canada and the 33rd in its global fleet. Once complete, the Sturgeon County data center will represent an investment of more than CA$13 billion (about $9.3 billion).

The government of the United Kingdom has issued a statement saying it taken British Steel into public ownership “to protect the future of steel production in the U.K.” In April of last year, the government named an interim CEO and interim chief commercial officer commissioned to keep the blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking complex in Scunthorpe, England, operating.

Ruhlin Co. has tackled the first phase of an Ohio road rehabilitation project, completing the demolition of two bridges despite a challenging river.

Austin, Texas-based DAK Demolition has announced a name change or rebranding to DAK Industrial Services. “The new name reflects the company’s expanded scope across industrial demolition, decommissioning, asset and scrap recovery, contract crushing and site services,” states the company. The firm, which has roots in industrial demolition and recycling and is part of DAK Pure Holdings, says the new brand aligns with the company’s comprehensive industrial services.

Increased production at a Texas auto assembly plant, a bridge spanning the Ohio River and a solar farm in Arkansas are among the large-scale projects poised to have an impact on construction activity and metals demand. Earlier this month, Toyota Motor North America Inc. announced an investment of $3.6 billion will be made into its San Antonio assembly plant in Texas, including the establishment of a second vehicle assembly line.

The CEO of one of the largest metal recycling companies in the United States says metals industry observers are seeing a summer 2026 recycled steel “market in balance,” adding, “While recycled steel prices are not expected to rise, they are also not anticipated to fall much either.” George Adams of California-based SA Recycling wrote those comments in a report prepared for the Brussels-based Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) in the July 2026 edition of its “World Mirror” on ferrous metals.

RIG Corp. Ltd. has appointed Bhupendra Kansagra to its board of directors as a non-executive director. The Plymouth, England-based company says the appointment represents a significant milestone as RIG continues to scale its operations across the recycled aggregates, waste recovery, sustainable materials, logistics, infrastructure and port-linked development sectors.

Data center activity continues to prop up the construction industry through the first half of 2026, and according to Anirban Basu, chief economist for Associated Builders and Contractors, that trend should continue into 2027. Basu gave a mid-year economic update and forecast for the construction industry during a July 8 webinar for Construction Executive, the Washington-based association’s magazine.

Construction and material handling equipment maker Komatsu held an event in mid-July to celebrate 40 years of operations at its manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Komatsu, a global company based in Japan with an American business unit based in Illinois, refers to the facility as its Chattanooga Manufacturing Operation (CMO) and says the plant assembled its 60,000thexcavator at the same time it is celebrating 40 years of manufacturing activity.

Cliff Berry II, CEO and president of Cliff Berry Inc., has been named the 2026 Patriot of the Year in recognition of his commitment to hiring, supporting and investing in veterans and members of the National Guard and Army Reserve. Berry received the honor during the 18th Annual Military Employer Recognition Breakfast held at Lauderdale Yacht Club, where employers from across the region were recognized for their support of military service members, reservists and veterans.