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Between data center development, transportation projects, energy projects, electrification initiatives, large-scale utility plants, major-scale manufacturing plants and industrial projects, contractors are bidding on large, complex capital projects more often than ever before. W...

WASHINGTON, May 2—The construction industry added 11,000 jobs in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has grown by 143,000 jobs, an increas...

WASHINGTON, May 1—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.5% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.2...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.2% in December 2024, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending tot...

Like a student cramming for an exam, Phelps Construction Group faced a tight deadline. The Denville, New Jersey­-based company was hired to renovate a space for Kindle Education, a tuition-free public charter school with about 460 students grades 6-12. The new location, for stude...

PROJECT | Populus Hotel GENERAL CONTRACTOR | The Beck Group CLIENT | Urban Villages/Aparium Hotel Group BUDGET | $144.5 million SCOPE | Construction of the first carbon-positive hotel in the United States: a 265-room property developed by Urban Villages and designed by reno...

With the construction industry changing at a rapid pace thanks to the advent of AI, shifting climate conditions and increasing demand placed on workers amid a shrinking skilled-labor market, Construction Executive asked its readership to showcase what it’s like to work in today’s...

Student housing is one of Juneau Construction Company’s specialties, but the Hub Knoxville project is different. Atlanta-based Juneau is the nation’s second-largest student-housing builder, and Hub Knoxville—a three-building, 800,000-square-foot, 2,000-bed off-campus housing comp...

Camp North End in Charlotte, North Carolina, started in 1924 as a Ford Motor Company factory that cranked out Model T’s and Model A’s. In 1941, it became a quartermaster depot for the U.S. Army, which built five warehouses on the site before transitioning to missile manufacturing...

With the continuing evolution of the office and classroom experience, as well as the adoption of AI and augmented-reality systems, the future of work and learning is changing as quickly as ever. To that end, the design and construction industries continue to adapt and update how ...