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Image: Parkinsonsniper | Dreamstime.com After a year of major shifts across construction, the industry now turns its attention to the challenges and opportunities poised to define 2026. As we close out 2025 and look toward the year ahead, it’s a good time to reflect on and learn from the significant changes that shaped construction in 2025. It is also an opportunity to consider the trends and developments set to influence the industry in 2026.

As another transformative year comes to an end for construction, Womble Bond Dickinson’s lawyers review the industry’s major legal changes in 2024 – and what the sector should expect for 2025. 2024 has been, once again, a year of significant developments for the built environment.