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According to the Associated Builders and Contractors Confidence Index, that is the reality construction company owners face today.

Imagine not just applying plaster as a protective and decorative finish but as the primary material for the walls themselves.

It doesn’t matter how many rave reviews or praise and applause one receives, because the second they receive negative feedback, the good no longer matters.

Are you a contractor bidding on a job in a new state or city outside your home jurisdiction? Have you evaluated the state and local tax obligations—and opportunities—based on the project location? If the answer is no, your company’s chance to win the bid and stretch your profit margins could be negatively impacted.

Construction executives have cooled their expectations about the foreseeable future of construction.

Throughout my first year on the job at GA, I realized the importance of industry standards as a mean of ensuring people receive quality solutions as well as quality products.

I was in Europe this summer and toured a factory that made rammed earth walls. These walls are historic and built on basic principles.

The Villa dei Misteri, Pompeii. Raphael’s Villa Farnesina. Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel. All are iconic classical and renaissance examples of decorative art closely allied to architecture.

With ransomware attacks on high profile businesses like Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods in the headlines, construction managers at organizations of all sizes are increasingly asking, “Are we vulnerable too?” or even “Are we next?”

In new construction, EIFS is a stand-alone insulator and cladding, a one-two punch beating out the other competitors in the energy savings category.