Are architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms prepared for an upswing? More than 80% of CEOs participating in a conference board roundtable see improved economic conditions in the coming months, the highest confidence level since 2004, according to Axios. While some AEC markets de...
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THE WIDENING SKILLS GAP IN CONSTRUCTION … AND THE ROAD TOWARD IMPROVEMENT While prospects for the U.S. construction industry remain strong overall, one nagging issue continues to stand out as a potential roadblock—a widely recognized skilled worker labor shortage. According to a 2019 study con...
“Sustainable development.” “Building green.” These terms have become so common in the construction industry vernacular that we can sometimes lose sight of what green actually means and why it is so important. What is green building? According to the Environmental Protection Agency, green or susta...
The ever-expanding warehouse and self-storage markets require smart building solutions. Recent research reveals that the warehouse/distribution segment of the marketplace generated over $43 billion in revenue in the U.S. in 2018; MBMA reports, too, that annual self-storage industry revenue (as of...
CONTRACTORS CHALLENGED BY LACK OF LABOR, JOBSITE TENSIONS AND DELAYS Even though the U.S. unemployment rate is at a level not seen since the Great Depression, the construction industry's labor woes aren't close to ending, according to panelists at a recent Associated General Contractors of Ame...