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What Human Capital Shortages Mean for American Infrastructure

by Jack Coker | Aug 16, 2018
Economy | Infrastructure | Markets

Rectifying American infrastructure's D+ rating will take time, but more firms and projects will succeed with a more strategic, intelligent approach to workforce planning and management.

Intumescent Coatings Market Estimated to Exceed $1 Billion by 2024

Strong growth indicators in the construction industry are analyzed to be the prime factor propelling the global intumescent coatings market size by 2024.

Workforce Challenges Continue to Impact Construction Industry

Findings from a recent report show four straight quarters with more than 90 percent of contractors concerned over labor shortages. Concerns increased quarter-over-quarter, with 47 percent of respondents expecting problems finding skilled workers to worsen in the next six months.

Construction Employment Retains Momentum in June 2018

by ABC | Jul 19, 2018
Economy | Human Resources | Training | Workforce

The U.S. construction industry has added 282,000 net new jobs during the past calendar year, a 4.1 percent increase.

Construction Volume and Skills Shortages Rise Globally

by Joanna Masterson | Jul 19, 2018
Economy | Markets

Global construction activity is increasing, but the industry faces more work with fewer workers, according to Turner & Townsend’s 2018 International Construction Market Survey.

Nearly Half of U.S. Projects Use Design-build

by Joanna Masterson | Jul 11, 2018
Economy | Infrastructure | Markets

Design-build is expected to account for 44 percent of construction spending in the U.S. nonresidential, highway/street and water/wastewater markets by 2021, according new research from FMI.

2018 Mid-year Economic Outlook: A Time of Growth and Intrigue

by Construction Executive | Jul 10, 2018
Economy | Markets

Construction industry leaders should consider this a good time to put more cash on balance sheets. While the near-term outlook remains benign, the longer-term outlook has become decidedly murkier.

Construction Materials Prices Surge Again in May With Largest Monthly Increase in a Decade

by ABC | Jun 26, 2018
Economy | Markets

Prices for inputs to construction materials expanded 2.2 percent in May and are 8.8 percent higher than at the same time one year ago, according to an ABC analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today.

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What Human Capital Shortages Mean for American Infrastructure

Intumescent Coatings Market Estimated to Exceed $1 Billion by 2024

Workforce Challenges Continue to Impact Construction Industry

Construction Employment Retains Momentum in June 2018

Construction Volume and Skills Shortages Rise Globally

Nearly Half of U.S. Projects Use Design-build

2018 Mid-year Economic Outlook: A Time of Growth and Intrigue

Construction Materials Prices Surge Again in May With Largest Monthly Increase in a Decade

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