Blank Canvas: Reflecting on 2025 and Preparing for 2026
2025 gave the construction industry much food for thought.
Choose Your Own Adventure
It’s up to us as an industry to make sure that people have free and open access to the many career opportunities that construction offers.
Climate Control
When it comes to responding to climate change, the operative word for our industry is ‘resilience.’
Physical, Social, Mental and Spiritual
These are the four dimensions of Total Human Health—a priority focus for our industry as we continue to deliver on very complex projects in the face of major challenges.
Opportunity for All
Entry points exist across the construction industry—offering careers to everyone from Afghan refugees to military veterans to IDE communities.
The New Old Normal
What’s changed, what hasn’t—and why I feel good about the future of the construction industry.
Where’s the Industry’s Workforce Coming From…
...and why enter the construction industry?
It’s All So Fascinating to Me!
Why in America, the land of opportunity, would our elected leaders not welcome fair and open competition? This fundamental belief awarding work based on merit creates
A Breath of Fresh Air
With a new year comes a new chair, a new technology column, new approaches to the talent shortage—and new challenges for our great industry.
The Promise of 2022
If you know me, you know that the glass isn’t merely half-full but overflowing with opportunity. So it’s no surprise that I think 2022 promises to be a transformational
A Turbulent Year
2021 has been a year of highs and lows. The nation we entered the year with so much positive energy in light of the miracle of the COVID-19 vaccine, and, yet, with
New Energy
As the construction industry continues on its path toward to contend with a retiring workforce and increasing demand increases for young people to enter a career
Here for the Tech Revolution
In 2003, when Construction Executive first launched as the magazine for the business of construction, ABC, as the publisher, never could have imagined how much construction
Energizing for the Future
In the summer of 2021, projects that had been placed on the back burner during the pandemic are resuming at full speed, which means high backlog and high optimism.
Help Wanted Now: Hiring Surge Ahead
Collectively, all signs indicate that construction industry recovery will continue into the summer and beyond. The good news: The worst is now past us in terms of
IDE: Inclusion, Diversity and Equity
Inclusion. Diversity. Equity. It’s worth repeating these words—in this order—in a purposeful way. We as construction executives have a responsibility to be
Construction: America’s Economic Engine
In 2021, construction companies will need to hire 430,000 more workers than they employed in 2020, according to ABC’s newest analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Women Are Vital to Our Workplace
The workplace has been radically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating a critical gap that must be addressed during America’s comeback: the mass exodus of
The Powerful Impact of Leadership
As 2021 begins, construction executives are recognizing the powerful influence of top leadership. What leaders say and do can be very impactful. In these challenging
Bracing for Uncertainty
As we wrap up an incredibly challenging year, personally and professionally, construction business leaders are reflecting on knowns and unknowns—and looking ahead
The Next Four Years: What’s at Stake
Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, construction CEOs’ confidence has skyrocketed, and backlog has soared, according to ABC’s surveys. Construction spending hit