Stay up to date on the latest construction economic news and get in-depth analysis and insights from Chief Economist Michael Guckes. Sebastien Tillett is an economist at Oxford Economics. He joined ...

The third week of September is National Construction Appreciation Week. In honor of the week, the National Inventors Hall of Fame is celebrating Edward W. Bullard, inventor of the hard hat. Bullard’s ...

Hoar Construction announced the completion of the West Tower project, a seven-story, 140,000-square-foot expansion to the Shannon Medical Center in San Angelo, Texas. Contractors worked adjacent to ...

A labor dispute between dock workers and their employers has the potential to disrupt supply chains significantly. Major ports on the East and Gulf Coast. Image: USMX Report 2023. Over the summer, ...

The Center for Disease Control studied deaths by industry and occupation in 49 states using data from the 2021 National Vital Statistics System. They wanted to learn more about how to reduce this high ...

The demand for data centers in the United States is rapidly increasing, driven primarily by the continued rise of cloud computing and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI). As businesses and ...

ConstructConnect, a leading provider of software solutions for the preconstruction industry, released the US Put-in-Place Construction Forecasts for Fall 2024. The report, prepared by Michael Guckes, ...

There has been a notable decline in the United States of new commercial project construction, but one would never know it seeing what is happening in Texas, particularly in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW).

As summer ends and fall approaches, when it comes to the economy, there’s not only an elephant in the room but also a donkey. I’m speaking of the GOP and the Democrats, of course, as the November 5 ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) help professional estimators? This fall, members of The American Society of Professional Estimators (ASPE) will gather in ConstructConnect’s hometown of Cincinnati ...

Preface: The United States recorded 45,979 deaths by suicide in the year 2020. This equals one suicide every 11 minutes. If you or someone you know is struggling, there are lifelines and text lines ...