The Daily Log
Issue No. 34
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
INFRASTRUCTURE
Dayton Taps Shook for $350M PFAS Removal Facility
Dayton, Ohio has hired Shook Construction for a $350M PFAS removal facility and water plant retrofit, with the city seeking reimbursement from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the U.S. Defense Department for allegedly leaching the contaminants into its system. Projects of this scale — water infrastructure tied to federal liability — typically run long and require deep environmental and civil construction depth on the field side.
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June Spending Dips Despite Data Center Surge
Both residential and non-residential construction spending declined from June 2025 levels, with data center activity providing a partial offset but not enough to arrest the overall slide. Rising interest rates and high inflation are compressing demand across most sectors, a dynamic field leaders will feel in backlog conversations through the back half of 2026.
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$1.5B Twin Hospitals Built Simultaneously in San Antonio
Turner and Layton used a shared prototype design to construct two identical University Health hospitals concurrently in the San Antonio region, splitting labor and executing both buildings on parallel tracks. The model compressed delivery timelines and offers a replicable framework for health systems with multi-site capital programs.
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