Nebraska Construction Tracker

Gage County Culvert Bid Awards

• 🔥 Gus Construction Selected: Gage County Board approved Gus Construction Company of Iowa's bid of $692,461 for...

Early site selection heats up in southeast Nebraska: Tenaska has optioned hundreds of acres across Gage, Lancaster, Otoe, and Cass counties since...

Key wins in Gage County road infrastructure under state bridge match program:

• Gus Construction (IA) approved at $692,461 (lowest of 7 bids) for box...

Massive scale: Nebraska's deadliest wildfire, Morrill Fire, now 757,000 acres—one of largest in US history—and grew 25% larger since last update.
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Key non-residential construction updates from March 17 meeting:

• Paving bids awarded to Level LLC for Districts 840 & 841 at $2,799,340.
• Annexation...

Key non-residential construction updates from McCook City Council (3/16/26):

• North Pointe Phase III paving/utilities contract awarded to Paulsen,...

Major Project Announcements

• 🔥 Nebraska Medicine Farnam Health Center: Nebraska Medicine is constructing a new four-story health center at 42nd...

Key utility lease renewal in Norfolk:

• City Council approved retail operations agreement with NPPD on Monday.
• Adopted amendments, including revised...

Historic Morrill Fire, largest in state history at 572,000 acres (18% contained), scorches Morrill, Garden, Keith, Arthur, Grant counties.

Cottonwood...

Key non-residential broadband completions signal maintenance/expansion opps:

• 342 miles of fiber to 1,450+ addresses in South Bridgeport, North...

Early-stage moves for Google's massive Nebraska data center (1,000-3,000 MW):

• Tenaska optioning hundreds of acres in SE Nebraska, targeting 2,000...

Unprecedented scale signals major recovery work for roads, utilities, erosion control.

• Cottonwood Fire: 131,000 acres burned, 40% contained;...

• ZBA urgency: Board stresses appointing members for quorum at upcoming meetings.
• New fire station: Plans discussed alongside funding and staffing...

FERC unanimously approves Southwest Power Pool's new proposal to change its interconnection and transmission processes. Major greenlight for Nebraska-inclusive upgrades—watch for RFPs in utility infrastructure.

Major Omaha healthcare expansion underway:

• 4-story facility at 42nd & Farnam southeast corner, opening Sept 2027
• $99.3M cost, partially...

ALLO Fiber finishes multiple state-funded fiber-to-the-premise projects via PSC Capital Project Funds, serving 1,450 addresses with 342 miles of...

• Jail Restoration Project: Additional funding approved to amend contract with Red Bull Development
• County Buildings Upgrades: UPS bid to Integrated...

Key developments in Nebraska's record wildfire response:

• 480,000-acre blaze, largest in state history, burns across Arthur County with one...

Early intel on Google's largest planned data center in Nebraska:

• Needs >3x Lincoln's summer power; private utility-scale natural gas plant
• Plant...

Key zoning shifts for wind farms:

• Unanimously adopted updated comp plan guiding 20-year development and zoning regs aligning with it.
• Wind energy...