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Construction’s Workforce Challenge Is About More Than Labor. It’s About Leadership.

by Benjamin Urban | Nov 9, 2026
Workforce | Business | Commercial | Economy | Education | Industrial | Institutional | Leadership | Markets | Productivity | Project Delivery | Recruitment | Top Story | Topic

At a recent summit with leaders from across the AEC industry, labor dominated the conversation, even ahead of tariffs and inflation.
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What General Contractors Wish Their Steel Fabricators Did Before Steel Arrives to a Jobsite

by Tom Adams | Nov 4, 2026
Top Story | Business | Commercial | Economy | Manufacturing | Markets | Productivity | Project Delivery | Risk | Risk Management | Topic

Material selection can affect both cost and schedule, but reducing steel tonnage does not automatically reduce the overall cost of a project.
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Why Material Changes Fail on Day One

by Qasem Al Hariri | Nov 3, 2026
Workforce | Business | Leadership | Productivity | Project Delivery | Risk | Risk Management | Training | Uncategorized

Lessons from a Gulf contractor on workforce risk when crews switch to a new building material.

Data Centers Continue to Drive Nonresidential Spending Higher in September

by ABC | Nov 2, 2026
Top Story | Business | Business Development | Business Intelligence | Business Risk | Economy | Productivity | Project Delivery

Spending was up on a monthly basis in 8 of the 16 nonresidential subcategories.
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Biophilic Building for Healing: Bringing Nature, Materials and High-Performance Systems Into Healthcare Facilities

by Angela Iraldi | Nov 2, 2026
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Access to natural light and views is no longer treated as an amenity. It's a core piece of patient-centered design.
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Turning AI and Facial Recognition Into Practical Jobsite Value

by Padraig Reilly | Oct 29, 2026
Technology | Artificial Intelligence | Insurance | Jobsite Monitoring | OSHA | Productivity | Risk | Risk Management | Safety | Top Story | Topic | Workforce Management

Facial recognition verifies the person presenting at the jobsite against the enrolled worker.

How Upskilling Can Help Close the Construction Labor Gap

by Johnny Clemmons | Oct 27, 2026
Business | Business Development | Culture | Organization Culture | Productivity | Project Delivery | Top Story | Training | Workforce

Below are six targeted areas where skills training can harness the untapped power of the construction workforce.
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A Shrinking Labor Force Changes the Construction Workforce Equation

by John Dorer | Oct 23, 2026
Top Story | Business | Business Risk | Careers | Education | Legal and Regulatory | Policy | Productivity | Project Delivery | Recruitment | Retention | Topic | Training | Workforce

For contractors already struggling to find enough people, a smaller national workforce raises a bigger question about how much work companies can realistically support.
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