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Editorial cutoff: October 16, 2026, 9:08 a.m. CT.
Fresh federal import-price detail extends the contractor cost review beyond energy while remaining national, not Texas-specific, evidence.
Open the complete daily edition →Editorial cutoff: October 15, 2026, 9:09 a.m. CT.
A sharp September increase in construction-producer inputs makes contract-level price protection and working-capital exposure more important than backlog volume alone.
Open the complete daily edition →Editorial cutoff: September 28, 2026 at 11:15 PM CT.
In its September 21 bulletin, the IRS provides an automatic-consent route for certain residential-construction tax-method changes under Rev. Proc. 2026-32. The covered contracts must have been entered into in taxable years beginning after July 4, 2025—not merely signed after that date. For a calendar-year taxpayer, 2026 is the first such year. IRS: Rev. Proc. 2026-32.
Open the complete daily edition →Accepted September 15, 2026. Editorial cutoff: September 15, 2026 at 9:03:40 a.m. CDT. Exact no-Signal artifact CONSTR-NOSIG-20260915-02 passed the independent second Editor and Auditor.
ERCOT's September board meeting produced no public pre-cutoff project decision beyond Monday's Batch Zero classification update, and no stronger dated development emerged in Texas demand, contractor finance, workforce, tax, regulation, transactions or ownership.
Open the complete daily edition →Accepted September 14, 2026. Editorial cutoff: September 14, 2026 at 9:07:24 a.m. CDT. Exact artifact CONSTR-POS-20260914-01 passed the independent Editor and Auditor.
ERCOT's new board material puts a project count behind Texas's large-load queue: 362 data-center, crypto and other large-load projects are conditionally classified in Batch Zero's base or studied categories.
Open the complete daily edition →Accepted September 11, 2026. Editorial cutoff: September 11, 2026 at 9:04:11 a.m. CT. Exact artifact CONSTR-POS-20260911-01 passed the independent Editor and Auditor.
ERCOT says it has begun issuing Batch Zero verification requests to a majority of large loads that were conditionally included in the process.
Open the complete daily edition →Accepted September 8, 2026. Editorial cutoff: September 8, 2026 at 12:02:27 p.m. CT. Exact recovery artifact CONSTR-POS-20260908-R02-01 passed the independent Editor and Auditor.
IREN says its 2GW Sweetwater Hub—1.4GW at Sweetwater 1 and 600MW at Sweetwater 2—has been conditionally included as Base Load in ERCOT’s Batch Zero process.
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