Nonresidential construction spending, which totaled a record $806.9 billion on a seasonally adjusted annual basis in January, is a 1.6% increase from December and is up 5.1% on a year-ago basis.

According to data released Friday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national construction industry added 42,000 net new jobs in February.

You may think the Coronavirus is contained and doesn’t impact you, but the potential ripple effect is large within the construction industry.

For a job to be deemed a success from a completion and a profit standpoint, collaboration must occur between field personnel (project managers) and office personnel (financial officers).

Here are our top 5 take-aways from the JBKnowledge 2019 Construction Technology Report.

Speed. Security. Agility. Innovation. Automation. Insight. These are the words leading CIOs keep coming back to when explaining their technology, business, and organizational priorities.

The article points to more scrutiny of structural design and safety processes by government agencies, insurance companies and others in the wake of several high-profile accidents and structural flows; increased adoption of more efficient building methods like modulization and prefabrication; more diversity among future generations of construction professionals; and continued automation of processes through technology — without negatively impacting job

According to data released Friday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national construction industry added 44,000 net new jobs in January. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has expanded by 142,000 jobs, an increase of 1.9%.

The construction industry added 20,000 net new jobs in December, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has expanded by 151,000 jobs.

There is an old adage concerning timely action about the uselessness of locking the stable after the horse is gone. It is, unfortunately, the story of many construction companies confronting the issue of cybersecurity. They never considered themselves a target until it was too late.