Construction spending is dwindling yet employment is up; materials prices are increasing while backlog is rebounding.
Construction Futures: June 2025 Economic Roundup
Could there be more rate cuts than the construction industry originally expected this year?
Construction Futures: May 2025 Economic Roundup
The construction industry holds firm and contractors remain optimistic despite all economic signs to the contrary.
Construction Futures: April 2025 Economic Roundup
The volatility of the tariffs is having an equally volatile effect on the construction market.
Construction Futures: March 2025 Economic Roundup
Momentum waivered, backlogged slowed and input costs increased, yet spending inched higher, jobs were added and contractor confidence grew.
Construction Futures: February 2025 Economic Roundup
Rising prices, slowing employment, rising backlog, slowing spending. Contractors show no cause for concern despite the recent volatility of the construction industry.
Construction Futures: January 2025 Economic Roundup
While construction backlog, spending and overall momentum slowed in the first month of the year, contractor confidence is unyielding.
Construction Futures: November 2024 Economic Roundup
Slipping backlog, natural disasters and a new administration add up to equal uncertainty for the construction sector heading into 2025.


