Winners say the ground is shifting under their feet as employers redirect resources, embrace technology and reshape roles to fit market demands. Yet amid intensifying industry-wide risks, next-gen AEC leaders seek to champion change and inspire future construction visionaries and mentors
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With 15 years in the industry and a role as Associate Principal at Thornton Tomasetti, Chase Anderson has built a career at the forefront of structural forensics and post‑disaster response.
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Overseeing more than $3 billion in backlog, Hoffman is steering one of the firm’s fastest growing business units.
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Before joining AECOM in 2024, Hoysick was the alternative delivery capture manager at Michael Baker International
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Gangrade is a geotechnical and tunneling engineer whose career is defined by technical excellence, digital innovation and leadership in advancing underground construction practices.
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Hernandez oversees the agency’s $16-billion borough-based jails program—the largest public works effort in decades in the city and its first major design-build procurement.
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Drawing on more than a decade of experience in transportation planning, mobility strategy and equitable infrastructure development, Wilberding is rethinking how cities move.
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Maximizing affordable multifamily housing will require new policies and new voluntary practices, said panelists on Regional Plan Association late April webinar
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New York, New Jersey and Connecticut affordable housing leaders share best practices.
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Planning Activity Largely Stabilizes Over the Month
BOSTON, MA – May 7, 2026 — The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI), issued by Dodge Construction Network, increased 6.2% in April to 264.2 (2000=100) from the downwardly revised March reading of 248.8. Over the month, commercial planning grew 8.1% and institutional planning momentum improved 1.5%.
“After three months of slowing momentum, nonresidential planning began to find its footing in April,” said Sarah Martin, Director of Economic Research at Dodge Construction Network. “Data centers remain the largest driver behind growth in the Dodge Momentum Index, but several other sectors appeared to stabilize over the month. Macroeconomic risks remain weighted to the downside, with labor shortages, higher material costs and supply chain disruptions weighing on owner confidence in the near-term.”
Planning activity for traditional office buildings, data centers, warehouses, hotels and parking garages grew in April, while retail store planning slowed pace. On the institutional side, education and healthcare planning re-accelerated, while recreational, public and religious planning slowed down over the month. Year-over-year, the DMI was up 14.1% when compared to April 2025. The commercial segment was up 37.2% (+5.8% when data centers are removed) and the institutional segment was up 28.8% over the same period.
A total of 44 projects valued at $100 million or more entered planning throughout March. The largest of those projects included the $500 million Google Data Center (Building One) in Buffalo, West Virginia, the $470 million Stargate Data Center (Freebird Phase 2) in Burlington, Texas and the $450 million Jay Data Center in Jay, Maine. The largest institutional projects were the $256 million Navy Seal Museum in San Diego, California, the $178 million Lurie Children’s Hospital in Downer’s Grove, Illinois, and the $175 million Unaccompanied Housing improvement project at Naval Base Coronado in California.
The DMI is a monthly measure based on the three-month moving value of nonresidential building projects going into planning, shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year to 18 months.
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