Those of us in the construction industry, whether we want to admit it or not, are faced with an unpleasant truth: we haven’t increased our productivity in more than 50 years. According to a research ...

Construction is facing labor shortages and productivity stagnation. The startup Crewline wants to solve those problems with ...

As contech firms offer their services to contractors, building experts say technologies need innovation, a product-market fit ...

The construction industry is facing a severe labor shortage. The workforce is aging as projects become increasingly complex and economic pressures demand greater efficiency. Part of this problem stems ...

The share of construction trades workers has declined from 71% in 2005 to less than 59% in 2024. At the same time, the share ...

Both European and American construction productivity has fallen since the start of the 2000s. Surprisingly, though, contractors across the EU have managed to outperform their US counterparts. We have ...

Construction companies spend a lot of time chasing margins — negotiating better contracts, tightening estimates and managing ...

Chris Coleman is partner-in-charge of St. Louis-based accounting firm RubinBrown’s Construction Services Group. Opinions are the author’s own. In an already tight construction labor market, raids by U ...

98% of megaprojects face cost overruns or delays, costing the U.S. construction industry $280 billion annually. On the latest Disruption Interruption episode, Olfa Hamdi, CEO of Concord Project ...

The Department of Labor reported Thursday that first-time claims for unemployment bumped up slightly last week: 226,000 filed new claims, up from 219,000 the week before. And during that week before — ...