Between October 2020 and October 2021, nearly two out of three U.S. metro areas added construction jobs.

Construction profit margins are amongst the lowest, and tightest, of all industries. Time, supply costs, and unexpected delays are all risk factors that play a role in this reality.

The construction industry added 11,000 jobs between June and July but nonresidential construction employment remains far below pre-pandemic levels.

Construction employment decreased from March 2020 to March 2021 in 203, or 57 percent, of the nation’s metro areas.

Subcontracting has always been a unique business. There are many extra challenges a subcontractor faces that other businesses do not.

Building information modeling is in many ways still a theory and not a reality. What do I mean by that? It’s still all about the data. It’s about data from the specialty contractors, which is the missing link to complete a true workflow of necessary inputs, whether it’s ISO 19650 requirements or working with software like Revit, MWF or LCP payroll tracker.

Let’s face it, there are many ways a contractor can get off track during the preconstruction process. 

Autodesk announced Autodesk Takeoff, a product that empowers estimators to perform 2D and 3D quantification workflows from a common data environment to increase collaboration, speed and accuracy during the estimation process.

Construction spending in December exhibited sharply varied trends, with downturns from a year earlier in every private category, mixed results for public construction, and double-digit increases in residential construction, according to an analysis by AGC.

GCP Applied Technologies is pleased to announce that over 200 new detail drawings have been added to GCP Applied Technologies’ Air Barrier briefcase, a mobile-optimized tool designed for quick, efficient access to construction data.