After weathering the challenges of COVID-19 in 2020, look for these trends to shape construction in 2021: safety, infrastructure spending, remote work, recruiting, protectionism and green building.
Infrastructure Projects Contractors Should Explore to Fuel Long-Term Growth
As infrastructure projects continue to ramp up to fuel economic continuity, growth in the construction sector will occur in tandem with increased investment.
Infrastructure: Paths to Funding
Things were already dicey for the U.S. infrastructure market going into 2020. Those concerns turned to sheer panic during the “new normal” of the global pandemic. However, contractors seem to be maintaining backlog despite the year's glaring challenges.
P3 Infrastructure Projects: What the Private Sector Needs to Know
State and local governments, many already facing financial constraints prior to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, shoulder the greater share of the infrastructure burden, and this is not likely to change.
Getting Off the Grid With Solar Installations
From casinos to retail and manufacturing facilities, rooftop solar is becoming a common attribute of modern structures as owners seek more and better renewable energy through the self-sufficiency of solar.
Building Space
No one can predict precisely how the shutdowns and new way of living will impact the construction industry long term. Though business will never return to normal, it will continue, and construction will adapt.
Competing Infrastructure Plans Depend on Crisis Legislating
Election-year politics will only further entrench partisan posturing in the fight over COVID-19 legislative battles, which have now embroiled infrastructure.
Expectations for Infrastructure Investment Plummet Globally as COVID-19 Outbreak Shakes Confidence
According to a new survey taken before and after the pandemic, a lack of infrastructure investment is driving pessimism around a post-virus economic recovery.












