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Financial Foundations: Why Less Than 40% of Construction Companies Founded in 2011 Are Still Open Today

by David McMillin | Mar 19, 2025
Business | Economy | Features | Finance | Markets

Common cracks can signal bigger money troubles in the building business—here’s how to avoid them.

Construction Materials Prices Increase 0.6%, Steel Surges Nearly 4% in February

by ABC | Mar 17, 2025
Business | Commercial | Economy | Equipment | Industrial | Manufacturing | Markets | Tools

Steel is a standout amongst surging construction materials prices, a rate that seems to be increasing exponentially.

Closeout: Secret Hideout

by Construction Executive | Feb 7, 2025
Departments | Markets | Residential

The Wilderness Treehouse Cabins in the Wisconsin Dells are a childhood dream brought to life.

Teddy Tops Out: The Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library Gets Closer to Completion

by Construction Executive | Feb 7, 2025
Markets | Nuts + Bolts | Project Snapshot | Public

The steel-framed Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota topped out last fall, bringing the entire project one step closer to completion.

Low Cost, High Risk: Don’t Cut Corners When It Comes to Construction Materials Trade

by Scott Berman | Feb 4, 2025
Equipment | Features | Industrial | Infrastructure | Legal and Regulatory | Markets | Policy | Regulations | Tools

Artificially discounted construction equipment and materials from China have been a proverbial siren song to contractors facing increasing input costs, but there can be dire problems and unseen costs.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Down 0.2% in December; Data Centers and Manufacturing Make Up 94% of Spending Increase in 2024

by ABC | Feb 4, 2025
Business | Economy | Markets | Public

Nonresidential construction spending was down again in December, primarily in the public sector.

For the Feds: Deltek’s 2025 List of Top Federal Opportunities in the AEC Industry

by Construction Executive | Feb 4, 2025
Markets | Nuts + Bolts | Public | Research | Workforce

With opportunities abounding in the AEC industry, Deltek sheds light on those leaning federal.

Accelerated Learning: Phelps Turns a 12-Story Office Into a School in Six Months

by Ken Budd | Jan 31, 2025
Business | Departments | Institutional | Markets | Project Delivery | Public

Phelps Construction Group renovated a 12-story office building for a Kindle Education public charter school—and they did it really, really fast.
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