Construction backlog is down for December, but contractor confidence is high. Are projects dwindling or is productivity ...

The many benefits of BIM include reduced costs and risk; improved collaboration, clash detection, sequencing, scheduling, safety, quality and post-construction management; and increase in ...

Women make up only about 10% of construction industry workers, even though they are 47% of the overall U.S. workforce. Here’s what women had to say about opportunities for advancement, being heard by ...

Hybrid cost-plus contracting with lump-sum general conditions can have administrative advantages for contractors and owners. Effectiveness depends on project scale and whether parties accurately ...

Gordian reports that structural steel prices in the U.S. currently average $2,477.25 per ton (October 2025), down 6.63 % from Q3 and 4.7 % year-over-year. Earlier in 2025 the trend showed a slight ...

While artificial intelligence continues to dominate headlines, the construction industry seems, at first glance, an unlikely candidate for AI-driven transformation. The field is highly physical and ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16—The construction industry added 28,000 jobs on net in November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Over the past decade, the construction industry has become more and more reliant on technology, in particular to help manage a widely distributed workforce. Using laptops, tablets and smartphones as a ...

Artificial intelligence has moved beyond theory and into the field. Across the construction industry, it is transforming how projects are planned, managed and delivered. From predictive scheduling and ...

The second half of 2024 is likely to present the same problems to the construction industry—supply-chain issues, labor shortages and more—but you can approach them with different solutions. It’s no ...

Contractors operating outside the U.S. face different cultural, compliance and cultural risks, due to differences in contracts, design responsibilities, processes and procedures, and dispute ...

As sustainable construction continues to focus on the full building life cycle, innovation in materials and technologies will result in groundbreaking changes and even more benefits. Sustainable ...