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Between data center development, transportation projects, energy projects, electrification initiatives, large-scale utility plants, major-scale manufacturing plants and industrial projects, contractors are bidding on large, complex capital projects more often than ever before. W...

WASHINGTON, May 2—The construction industry added 11,000 jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has grown by 143,000 jobs, an increas...

WASHINGTON, May 1—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.5% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.2...

In the five years following the COVID-19 pandemic, the office market has undergone a profound transformation, significantly influencing construction and real estate development. The pandemic-induced shift towards remote and hybrid work models has led to a reevaluation of traditio...

As technology evolves, so do the ways in which commercial properties are visualized and marketed. In this Q&A with architect-turned-architectural visualizer and the founder of Panoptikon, Tudor Vasiliu, Construction Executive asks about the latest trends for 2025 that are shaping...

As electric vehicles are reshaping industries and accelerating innovation, the growing number of EV battery manufacturing facilities remains critical to this transformation. In 2019, two EV battery factories were operating in the United States, and another two were under construc...

PROJECT | Diamond Green Diesel 3 Ecofiner Mechanical LOCATION | Port Arthur, Texas GENERAL CONTRACTOR | Performance Contractors CLIENT| Diamond Green Diesel SCOPE | The project included 113 pieces of equipment, 1,900 tons of steel and 94,000 feet of pipe installed on an aggre...

Residents of Gretna, Louisiana, have new reasons to get excited about an old space: a 100-year-old schoolhouse that’s been revitalized for use as Primary Workspace, a coworking and event space that launched in February. Across from uptown New Orleans on the Mississippi River, the...

Step back in time, and there’s a good chance that most of the names in the construction business no longer exist. Of the more than 43,000 construction companies that started in the spring of 2011, less than 38% managed to stick around a decade later, according to data from the U....

WASHINGTON, March 13—Construction input prices increased 0.6% in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released recently. Nonresidential construction input prices also increased 0.6% fo...