Month: March 2025

After 5 years, construction still reels from COVID’s labor impact

Though building's “essential” status kept workers busy through lockdowns, the industry still has not recovered…

How DOGE will impact Washington, DC-area apartment owners

Cuts to the federal workforce have multifamily pros wondering about potential effects on one of…

Boeing taps HITT, BE&K for South Carolina expansion

The contractors will build out the facility, which manufactures the 787 Dreamliner aircraft, as part…

Oracle exec signals all-in AI agent strategy as competition heats up

The software giant is among several enterprise software companies that have begun rolling out products leveraging…

Agentic AI is the new tech buzzword. Here’s what builders need to know.

The next step beyond generative AI, these applications can operate in a more autonomous fashion,…

Large construction firms expand backlogs as smaller firms struggle

The amount of work on builders’ books highlights a growing divide between contractors based on…

You’re not losing on price — you’re losing on process

Successful construction industry salespeople must hone this core set of competencies in order to win…

Lori Chavez-DeRemer confirmed as labor secretary

How DOL will proceed now is not clear, though there are hints the agency may…

Bipartisan bill seeks deadlines for union contract agreements

The Faster Labor Contracts Act would put a clock on negotiations for a labor deal…

5 years after COVID hit, contractors still wait for prices to come down

Although supply chains have rebounded, material costs are 40% higher than before the global pandemic started,…