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Well-Insulated: Predict the Unpredictable Construction Costs

by Jill Masur | Aug 8, 2025
Business | Accounting | Business Development | Business Risk | Features | Finance | Risk | Risk Management

Contractors may need to revisit some of the processes in their accounting and financial operations. Here are six strategies for construction companies to insulate against cost increases and mitigate financial risks.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Contracts in Six of Past Seven Months

by ABC | Aug 5, 2025
Accounting | Business | Business Development | Commercial | Economy | Finance | Infrastructure | Manufacturing | Markets | Public

Construction job growth and spending are both down in recent weeks, signaling potentially persistent weakness in the economy for the near future.

How Contractors Can Navigate Growth Amid Higher Costs and a Tight Labor Market

by Ben Johnston | Jul 30, 2025
Business | Business Risk | Culture | Economy | Finance | Leadership | Productivity | Recruitment | Workforce

The cost of borrowing money is more expensive. What does that mean for hiring labor and executing on projects?

June Nonresidential Construction Materials Prices Up 2.5% Year-Over-Year, 43% Since February 2020

by ABC | Jul 18, 2025
Business | Commercial | Economy | Equipment | Finance | Industrial | Manufacturing | Markets

Construction backlog is back up, but so are input prices for nonresidential construction materials.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Down 0.2% in May

by ABC | Jul 3, 2025
Business | Commercial | Economy | Finance | Industrial | Infrastructure | Institutional | Manufacturing | Markets

That start of summer is seeing the start of a slowdown in nonresidential construction spending.

Construction Futures: June 2025 Economic Roundup

by Construction Executive | Jun 27, 2025
Business | Business Development | Construction Futures | Economy | Finance | Productivity

Could there be more rate cuts than the construction industry originally expected this year?

Why Construction Relationships Need a Trust Thermostat

by Ana C. Barajas | Jun 6, 2025
Business | Culture | Finance | Leadership | Organization Culture | Workforce

Sometimes trust is the hardest thing to build during a construction project. This strategy will improve that process.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Dips 0.1% in April

by ABC | Jun 2, 2025
Business | Commercial | Economy | Finance | Industrial | Infrastructure | Manufacturing | Markets

Overall nonresidential construction spending declined ever so slightly in April, with private spending down and public spending up.
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