The widespread practice of misclassification of workers as independent subcontractor has a detrimental effect on immigrants, workforce, and competitiveness in the...
Reshaping the Industry
Three actions are necessary to build a thriving, profitable and durable construction industry:
- Acceptance. Recognize current situations and challenges and accept they are real.
- Leadership. Embrace core values and principles as innovators and leaders.
- Solutions. Collaborate among owners, contractors and workforce for solutions.
The construction industry isn’t short on opportunity. It is short on alignment. Across Houston and beyond, demand for skilled craft professionals continues to outpace the supply...
Authored by Mary Scott Nabers:Local government officials across America regularly maintain and preserve public assets, while also investing in the development of new ones. ...
Construction employment, not seasonally adjusted, rose year-over-year (y/y) from February 2025 to February 2026 in 187 (52%) of the 360 metro areas (including divisions of larger...
Construction contractors agree to pay $1.28 million in back wages and liquidated damages after the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) found that 26 workers were...
Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose from January to February in 22 states, fell in 27 states and the District of Columbia, and was flat in South Dakota, according to...
Authored by Mary Scott NabersCity officials throughout the U.S. are advancing ambitious redevelopment initiatives designed to stimulate economic growth, strengthen infrastructure...
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 1.7% in March and 4.4% year over year (y/y), the largest one-month increase in four years, driven by a near-record jump...
Construction input prices increased 2.2% in March compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’...
