Holiday lights bring seasonal cheer to the construction world

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It’s been fairly the yr for the development trade.

Between a brand new presidential administration, a wave of data center activity and a altering regulatory panorama, builders have had rather a lot to account for. However with the vacations approaching, a few of our readers determined to place down the hammers and string up some lights.

Listed below are Building Dive’s picks for the 2025 Vacation Lights Contest. Submitted by readers over the previous few weeks, the highest submissions all have a Christmas twinkle of their eye, very similar to a sure, red-dressed crew chief.

SiteWORX

An inflatable Santa stands in front of a large wheel loader and several smaller pieces of heavy machinery, all adorned with reindeer antlers and lights. The lead piece of equipment has a glowing red "nose." — Permission granted by Jesmine Smith/SiteWORX

You’ve seen the commercials for Santa’s reindeer and numerous luxurious automobiles. However what if his sleigh and the reindeer had been a wheel loader and a few skid steers?

That’s what SiteWORX, a complete website growth contractor primarily based in Lebanon, Ohio, determined to seek out out. A Santa stand-in waves from close to his sleigh, which is a CAT 938 wheel loader, and is guided by his reindeer within the type of CAT 255 skid steers, full with Rudolph main the best way.

The group effort culminated in some very festive spirit — in spite of everything, the submission asks, what child doesn’t love Santa, Rudolph and heavy tools?

Superior Building

A tall piece of heavy machinery holds up a multicolored metal Christmas tree. — Permission granted by Amy Henningfield/Superior Building

If Charlie Brown was nonetheless out there for the proper tree, this 28-foot behemoth from Jacksonville, Florida-based Superior Building will surely make him really feel like he’d struck silver and gold (paging Burl Ives!)

The “megatree” hangs from a Superior Building crane on the firm’s Portage, Indiana workplace and is illuminated with a whopping 3,200 lights. That doesn’t embody the 150 further lights within the star on the prime, in keeping with the submission.

Placing the tree up required a coordinated effort from 14 Superior Building group members, per the submission (most likely way more than the one in your lounge), and the tree is supported by a restored 1969 American 5299 crane.

DPR Building

Three cranes rise high in the night sky with lights affixed to their metal. — Permission granted by DPR Building

Redwood Metropolis, California-based DPR has gone vertical once more this yr with some illuminated cranes.

The contractor is engaged on the Inova Franconia-Springfield Hospital project in Springfield, Virginia, and determined to gentle up the sky with a present of festive cheer.

The show was designed to carry cheer to the neighborhood and crews whereas sustaining full security compliance, in keeping with the submission. The glow, it claims, is shiny sufficient to information even a sure red-nosed reindeer.

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