Brian White Sr. is kidding when he says he started his 33-year construction career by sending smoke signals.

As state officials led local media on a tour of the Allentown State Hospital, a 107-year-old psychiatric hospital slated for demolition, efforts were underway to preserve historic structures on the property.

SAGE Design-Build of Upper Macungie Township is building a testing facility in Bethlehem for the engineered pump division of defense contractor Curtiss-Wright Corp.

Utility contractor SE Partners LLC recently bought land in Whitehall Township to build a warehouse for its gas-line installation business.

With retail space sprouting up along a massive tract of mixed-use space along Route 100 in the Fogelsville section of Upper Macungie Township over the past few years, the accompanying residential portion has been lagging.

One area construction and development firm sees a strong market in smaller industrial flex space in the Lehigh Valley, a market that is expected to be robust over the next few years.

The question of where independent truck drivers should park has come to a head as the region's warehousing business continues to increase.

A developer is finalizing plans for a potential residential project on nearly 30 acres of land he recently bought for in Bethlehem Township. The buyer, River Hills Estates LLC, is affiliated with Cahill Properties LLC, which developed North Park Apartments, which opened in 2017 in Bethlehem Township.

Jerdon Construction of Upper Macungie Township recently completed a new firehouse for the Community Fire Co. of New Tripoli.

A transportation and logistics company that covers the world plans to start construction on a truck training and maintenance facility in Palmer Township, possibly by February or March.