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What Contractors Need to Know Before Bidding on an Animal Care Project
There is a lot of nuance that goes into not only building an animal care facility but bidding on one.
How Deferred Elevator Modernization Quietly Erodes Your Building’s Bottom Line
When an elevator service in your commercial building stops, almost all operations stop.
From Tradesperson to Project Manager: The Day the Promotion Stops Feeling Like a Win
What happens inside a new manager’s head and why a smart owner plans for it before it starts.
Construction Materials Costs Fall With Oil Prices in June
While construction input prices followed oil prices down in June, overall input prices are up year-over-year.
Understanding Total Cost of Ownership in Construction Fleets
Understanding TCO gives construction fleets the clarity they need to make informed decisions about budgeting and more.
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Slips, Contractors Remain Confident in June
Contractor confidence waned in June this year, but expectations are still above where they were in the latter half of 2025.
Construction Scheduling vs. Planning: The Industry’s Most Costly Confusion
Just because you’re following a schedule, doesn’t mean your construction company has a plan.
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Merit Milestone: ABC’s 2026 Young Professional of the Year Nyoki Mokeba
“Everything that you want in life is only going to come from sacrifice and hard work.”
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How Deferred Elevator Modernization Quietly Erodes Your Building’s Bottom Line
When an elevator service in your commercial building stops, almost all operations stop.
From Tradesperson to Project Manager: The Day the Promotion Stops Feeling Like a Win
What happens inside a new manager's head and why a smart owner plans for it before it starts.
Winning With the One Big Beautiful Bill: How Contractors Can Build a Plan for Success
Reassess where your construction company stands one year after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was passed.
How Contractors Are Shifting Headcount Budgets to Agent Budgets
AI investment hit $211B in 2025. Robotics: $18B. The smart money isn't yet betting on robots swinging hammers, it’s betting on software that runs the back office.
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Financial Planning Frameworks for Construction Companies
Construction companies need financial planning frameworks that reflect the realities of project-based work.
Understanding Total Cost of Ownership in Construction Fleets
Understanding TCO gives construction fleets the clarity they need to make informed decisions about budgeting and more.
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Slips, Contractors Remain Confident in June
Contractor confidence waned in June this year, but expectations are still above where they were in the latter half of 2025.
Construction Scheduling vs. Planning: The Industry’s Most Costly Confusion
Just because you’re following a schedule, doesn’t mean your construction company has a plan.
From Tradesperson to Project Manager: The Day the Promotion Stops Feeling Like a Win
What happens inside a new manager’s head and why a smart owner plans for it before it starts.
Construction Job Openings Rise to 10-Month High in May, Hiring Remains Historically Slow
The construction industry is experiencing “exceptional demand” for workers, but mostly in relation to data center projects.
New Names and Faces: June 2026
Executive from OpenAI joins Clayco board, Owen-Ames-Kimball welcomes their annual group of summer interns and more.
Build a Court, Give a Court: Dallas Business Founder’s Philanthropy and Construction Efforts Culminate in World Cup Spotlight
Founder of NexCourt—a Dallas-based sport-court company—has been donating his efforts for decades. Now, his work will be on the world stage.
Turning a Construction Career Into a Technology Career
Sarah Lawrence and Danielle Lucas have broken into and are leading two male-dominated sectors: construction and technology.
New Names and Faces: June 2026
Executive from OpenAI joins Clayco board, Owen-Ames-Kimball welcomes their annual group of summer interns and more.
Build a Court, Give a Court: Dallas Business Founder’s Philanthropy and Construction Efforts Culminate in World Cup Spotlight
Founder of NexCourt—a Dallas-based sport-court company—has been donating his efforts for decades. Now, his work will be on the world stage.
Trusting the Pipeline: Supporting Early-Career Construction Talent
DFI’s Educational Trust is supporting the next generation of professionals in deep foundations with scholarships and grants to jumpstart their opportunities in the field.
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Fall Protection Equipment Updates and How They Might Affect Your Construction Company
Fall protection standards are always evolving. Here are the latest updates from OSHA and ANSI.
Advancing Jobsite Safety Through Culture, Comfort and Worker Engagement
As jobsites grow more complex and performance expectations rise, safety is being reframed as a cultural and organizational responsibility.
Predict Risk, Not Incidents: A New Analytics Framework for Your Construction Safety Data
A new analytics framework transforms routine safety data into an early-warning system—giving construction leaders a real-time read on where risk is building before anyone gets hurt.
Adopting a Leadership-Based Approach to Work Zone Safety
Work zones may feel like a nuisance to daily commuters, but they make work crews, drivers and passengers safer in both the short and long term.
Building the Research and Healthcare Facilities of Tomorrow Without Impacting the Progress of Today
Healthcare and laboratory construction requires a much more delicate touch, especially when construction must not disrupt critical patient and research operations.
Hidden Risks Behind Today’s Stadium Construction Boom
The North American stadium construction boom is back and it’s bigger, more complex and riskier than ever.
Five Common Pitfalls in Commercial Fit-Outs—and How to Avoid Them
The following five pitfalls routinely disrupt commercial fit-outs. But there are practical planning strategies that prevent them.
Net-Zero Construction in the Classroom: The Nationwide Push for High-Performance Schools
Navigating net-zero construction on public school projects amidst increasing costs and aging infrastructure is risky business.
ABC Applauds President Trump’s Nomination of Keith Sonderling as Labor Secretary
President Trump nominates Keith Sonderling for Secretary of U.S. Department of Labor.
Arbitration Nation: Opposing the FLCA
Proposed legislation would let federally appointed arbitrators impose binding private-sector labor contracts if unions and employers fail to reach agreement within accelerated timelines.
House-Passed Faster Labor Contracts Act Is a Disgrace to Free Enterprise
“The FLCA imposes arbitrary and unrealistic deadlines on employers to finalize negotiations with newly elected unions or face ‘binding interest arbitration of first contracts.’”
Arbitration in Construction Disputes: Process and Best Practices
Construction arbitration may begin after negotiations fail, but the outcome is often shaped much earlier by the contract language, project records and claim decisions made during the job.
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How Contractors Are Shifting Headcount Budgets to Agent Budgets
AI investment hit $211B in 2025. Robotics: $18B. The smart money isn’t yet betting on robots swinging hammers, it’s betting on software that runs the back office.
Thinking of AI Agents as Members of a Construction Crew
Access alone to AI doesn’t provide an advantage if that AI is not utilized properly.
Data Center Demand Drives Construction
Contractors are increasingly pursuing work tied to power generation, utilities and site preparation as tech companies race to expand AI capacity nationwide.
The AI Accountability Gap
AI is becoming pervasive in every industry, including construction. But fast innovation and adoption leaves gaps in oversight.
How Deferred Elevator Modernization Quietly Erodes Your Building’s Bottom Line
When an elevator service in your commercial building stops, almost all operations stop.
Eye in the Sky: A New Italian Ferris Wheel
A tight squeeze and a unique build requires double the effort—this time in the form of two cranes.
Predict Risk, Not Incidents: A New Analytics Framework for Your Construction Safety Data
A new analytics framework transforms routine safety data into an early-warning system—giving construction leaders a real-time read on where risk is building before anyone gets hurt.
Self-Healing Concrete Redefines Durability and Sustainability in Modern Construction
What does biology plus construction equal? More durability and longevity.
Wonder of the World Part II: National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration Opens in Downtown D.C.
A sneak peak of the museum welcomed press for personal chats with National Geographic explorers—including the founder of the Nat Geo Photo Ark, the discoverer of the RMS Titanic and others.
Contech Company Cyvl Uses Vehicle-Mounted AI Sensors to Collect Fresh Data for Some of America’s Biggest Cities
What started as an idea from an 18-year-old engineering student transformed into one of the nation’s leading companies in civil infrastructure analytics in a matter of years. Today, Cyvl is paving the way for data collection and infrastructure development in cities like Atlanta, Nashville and beyond.
Build a Court, Give a Court: Dallas Business Founder’s Philanthropy and Construction Efforts Culminate in World Cup Spotlight
Founder of NexCourt—a Dallas-based sport-court company—has been donating his efforts for decades. Now, his work will be on the world stage.
Building the Research and Healthcare Facilities of Tomorrow Without Impacting the Progress of Today
Healthcare and laboratory construction requires a much more delicate touch, especially when construction must not disrupt critical patient and research operations.
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This webinar examines what trustworthy data architecture looks like for construction equipment, why most current approaches fall short and what fleet operators gain when their data is accurate enough to power decisions.
Construction Executive’s 2026 Mid-Year Construction Economic Update and Forecast
Join ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu on July 8 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT) for the 2026 Mid-Year Construction Economic Update and Forecast.
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In today’s volatile construction market, weak job and cash forecasting has become a business risk—impacting margins, liquidity, and lender confidence. Join Dodge Construction Network’s Sarah Martin and Western Allied Mechanical’s Ally Tinebra for a practical, playbook-driven session on strengthening forecast accuracy, improving visibility, and building more resilient financial performance.
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Construction Executive’s 2026 Q1 Construction Economic Update and Forecast
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