The issue of how new quality productivity empowers the high-quality development of the construction industry has garnered considerable attention within traditional construction sectors. This study focuses on the essential industrialization, intelligence, and sustainable transformation required for achieving high-quality development within the construction industry. Building upon previous research findings, this paper examines the implications and attributes of new quality productivity in facilitating high-quality development within this sector. Furthermore, it clarifies the theoretical logic underpinning the empowerment process, investigates the key challenges associated with it, and formulates a practical pathway for leveraging new quality productivity to promote high-quality development while offering targeted recommendations. The results indicate that projects function as fundamental units for generating new quality productivity within the construction industry. To effectively empower high-quality development through new quality productivity, a pragmatic approach should encompass the promotion of core technological innovation, the optimization of resource allocation integration, and the encouragement of a reconfiguration of management systems. The findings hold significant implications for the comprehensive advancement of high-quality development within the construction sector.