Construction backlog is down for December, but contractor confidence is high. Are projects dwindling or is productivity ...

The many benefits of BIM include reduced costs and risk; improved collaboration, clash detection, sequencing, scheduling, safety, quality and post-construction management; and increase in ...

Hybrid cost-plus contracting with lump-sum general conditions can have administrative advantages for contractors and owners. Effectiveness depends on project scale and whether parties accurately ...

Women make up only about 10% of construction industry workers, even though they are 47% of the overall U.S. workforce. Here’s what women had to say about opportunities for advancement, being heard by ...

The second half of 2024 is likely to present the same problems to the construction industry—supply-chain issues, labor shortages and more—but you can approach them with different solutions. It’s no ...

Gordian reports that structural steel prices in the U.S. currently average $2,477.25 per ton (October 2025), down 6.63 % from Q3 and 4.7 % year-over-year. Earlier in 2025 the trend showed a slight ...

Fire protection systems are only as good as their testing reveals. Make sure your buildings and jobsites are equipped appropriately. Steel’s strength and flexibility enable bold architectural design, ...

In the world of construction contracts, negotiations are critical to shaping fair and reasonable agreements that allocate risk to the proper party. However, those negotiations give rise to ethical ...

TRIR—total recordable incident rate—has long served as the standard metric for tracking workplace injuries. However, events with the potential to result in a serious injury and fatality—or ...

This is the 10th article in the Precision Construction series, which explores the application of the Internet of Things to digitally transform the construction industry, ultimately with the objective ...

An in-depth and clear understanding of the WIP components is an essential tool to ensure any potential detriments are addressed immediately, thereby reducing any potentially negative impact on a ...

Embracing and adopting new technologies is essential to successful and impactful construction marketing. Start with these six uses of AI. Construction marketing can be a challenging and complex ...