Articles Tagged with ''economic analysis''

Tilting of the concrete panels began last week on the Matan Companies' spec warehouse project on Cushing Road in Manassas, VA.

Walls & Ceilings’ Publisher Jill Bloom, Editorial Director Mark Fowler and Editor John Wyatt are joined by Marek Bros.’ John Hinson and Performance Contractors' Shawn Burnum in W&C’s latest video series on COVID-19. 

Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced a new strategy, Healthy People in Healthy Places Equals a Healthy Economy, intended to leverage LEED and the community implementing the rating system to support buildings and communities in a post-pandemic world.

Walls & Ceiling's Publisher Jill Bloom and Roofing Contractor's Editor Art Aisner sat down virtually with Brad Moody, president and owner of Moody Insurance Agency in Denver, Colo. to answer some of the biggest questions contractors have about insurance, from workers' compensation concerns to cyber-security.

A coalition of 109 companies and organizations, representing a broad span of the construction industry, delivered a letter to the governors of Northeastern states underscoring the ability of the industry to operate safely in the face of the pandemic and the significant role the construction industry will play in leading the region’s economic recovery.

Walls & Ceilings continues to bring the latest information to wall and ceiling contractors to help them survive and thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The fast-worsening COVID-19 pandemic has triggered layoffs at more than a quarter of construction firms responding to an online survey released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.

“The risk of recession over the next three to six months is arguably more elevated than at any period since 2007,” said economist Anirban Basu, noting that the U.S. economy has been defying predictions in an extended period of growth that's seemed too good to be true for some time.

The Hilti Group increased sales by 4.3 percent in 2019 to CHF 5.9 billion amid a challenging economic and currency environment.

Construction employment increased by 42,000 jobs in February and by 223,000 or 3.0 percent over the past 12 months, as the industry’s unemployment rate hit a new February low.