Construction Executive

The current economic environment is uncertain. A volatile tariff strategy, elevated oil and gas prices, supply-chain disruptions and a rapidly changing technology landscape combine to create tremendous uncertainty for small business owners in the construction sector.

How can large commercial construction companies improve jobsite safety, productivity and crew coordination? It doesn’t always take the latest, most sophisticated piece of construction technology or software. The answer actually lies in a more analog pi...

On nonresidential construction projects, materials testing sits on the critical path more often than most project teams account for. A

What if a mental health crisis could have been prevented years before it happens? Everyday, work is being done more proactively to ensure worker wellbeing in the construction industry, but even a few years ago, mental health and wellbeing weren’t part of the core jobsite vernacular. “A few years ago, getting mental health onto a construction agenda at all could be a real chal...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15—Associated Builders and Contractors reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator rebounded to 8.5 months in August, according to an ABC member survey conducted Aug. 20 to Sept. 4. The reading is up 0.5 months from July and unchanged on a year-ago basis. 

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