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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?

Every State Had June Construction Unemployment Rates Below 10%

by ABC | Jul 30, 2025
Business | Productivity | Recruitment | Retention | Workforce

Payroll construction employment is up, beating out June 2024 and prepandemic numbers.

Construction Futures: July 2025 Economic Roundup

by Construction Executive | Jul 28, 2025
Business | Business Development | Construction Futures | Economy | Markets

Construction spending is dwindling yet employment is up; materials prices are increasing while backlog is rebounding.

‘It’s Going to All Work Out for America’: Anirban Basu on 2025 Mid-Year Construction Economic Forecast

by Construction Executive | Jul 24, 2025
Business | Business Development | Economy | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation | Manufacturing | Markets | Policy

‘Eventually, it’s going to all work out for America,' posited ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu during Construction Executive's 2025 Mid-Year Construction Economic Update and Forecast webinar.

Construction Industry Mourns Passing of Mark Casso

by Construction Executive | Jul 24, 2025
Business | Culture | Leadership | People | Workforce

Mark A. Casso, president of Construction Industry Round Table, has died at age 70.

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.

Contractor Optimism Grows as ABC’s Backlog Indicator Rebounds in June

by ABC | Jul 18, 2025
Business | Markets | Productivity | Project Delivery

Backlog is on the rise this summer compared with last year, according to ABC's Construction Backlog Indicator.

Are You Overpromising on Your Construction Contracts? Here’s How to Build With Transparency

by Michael Pink | Jul 10, 2025
Business | Culture | Organization Culture | Productivity

Sometimes in construction, it pays to be a cynic.
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