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The U.S. construction industry is entering a period of increasingly uneven growth. While overall construction spending is declining, several important market segments continue to expand, creating a widening divide between contractors positioned for growth and those facing a more challenging environment. According to FMI’s latest 2026 North American Engineering and Construction Outlook, total U.S. construction…
The Buildots Intelligence Lab today announced the launch of its inaugural Global Construction Benchmarks Report, which establishes a new type of benchmark based on anonymized, aggregated data from hundreds of global construction projects across five verticals. According to the report, in a typical week: just 29.3% of construction activities actually start on time, 52.8% of…
New benchmark tests how accurately AI can read blueprints, measure spaces and produce the numbers contractors use to bid. Leading AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, scored just 2% to 34% accuracy on a new benchmark that tests whether AI can read real construction blueprints. Called Construction’s Last Exam (CLE), the benchmark from Miami-based Togal.AI…
Great Place To Work® and Fortune have named DPR Construction, a forward-thinking, self-performing builder, to the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Construction™ list for the first time, ranking it No. 8 in the large company category. This recognition comes at the start of Careers in Construction Month, which brings added attention to the range of career…
Strong construction demand across multiple sectors is increasing competition for the skilled labor, equipment and suppliers needed to deliver projects. DPR Construction, a forward-thinking, self-performing contractor, sees continued investment in digital infrastructure, healthcare, advanced manufacturing, transportation and energy creating competition for many of the same resources and reinforcing the need for proactive planning and procurement…
Reconview today announced the completion and opening of a new 18,000-square-foot production facility located on its campus in Locust, North Carolina. The addition brings Reconview’s total operational footprint to 23,000 square feet, significantly scaling its manufacturing capabilities to meet surging market demand. The new facility follows a two-year construction process led by general contractor DA…
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) intends to invest approximately $1 billion in North Carolina to expand manufacturing capacity for products that support its growing Cat CompactSM business, helping customers gain faster access to the machines they need to solve tough jobsite challenges and build homes, infrastructure and communities. The investment includes plans for a new modern manufacturing…
Crowded terminals and jam-packed flights are not typically the best recipe for a positive airport experience, but the JD Power 2026 North America Airport Satisfaction Study,SM released today, suggests the nation’s airports are finding ways to defy the odds. Thanks in large part to dozens of major airport capital improvement projects finally reaching completion, overall…
Thompson Thrift, a full-service nationally recognized real estate company and one of the nation’s leading multifamily developers, today announced that it will develop The Whitmore at Ingleside, a new 327-unit Class A multifamily community located within the Ingleside master-planned development in North Charleston. This marks Thompson Thrift’s first development in South Carolina and expands the…
New benchmark tests how accurately AI can read blueprints, measure spaces and produce the numbers contractors use to bid. Leading AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, scored just 2% to 34% accuracy on a new benchmark that tests whether AI can read real construction blueprints. Called Construction’s Last Exam (CLE), the benchmark from Miami-based Togal.AI…
Artificial intelligence may be the biggest technology story in construction today. But increasingly, I believe we are looking at it through the wrong lens. The most important AI question facing contractors is no longer: What can the technology do? It is: What does leadership need to do differently because the technology exists? That distinction matters….
Federal workplace-safety inspections are running roughly 8% ahead of last year’s pace, and construction sites now account for about a third of all federal inspections, according to enforcement figures published this year. Penalties have climbed alongside the inspection count: a serious violation now carries a fine of $16,550, and a willful or repeat violation can…
The construction industry’s workforce shortage is hardly new. Contractors have been talking about skilled labor, retiring workers and recruiting challenges for years. But new research from EY suggests the industry may be approaching something different — a structural capacity problem that traditional recruiting alone cannot solve. In its June 2026 report, How Structural Workforce Constraints…
Great Place To Work® and Fortune have named DPR Construction, a forward-thinking, self-performing builder, to the 2026 Fortune Best Workplaces in Construction™ list for the first time, ranking it No. 8 in the large company category. This recognition comes at the start of Careers in Construction Month, which brings added attention to the range of career…
Ahead of Careers in Construction Month, Associated Builders and Contractors highlighted new research showing that multiskilled construction crews can reduce completion time by about 30% and increase production by 37% to 50% on construction scopes where multiple trades must work in tight sequence. The findings come from controlled field trials detailed in the Simplar Foundation’s…
CarolinaPower Project Manager Cordiro Harrison recently participated on an Industry Panel hosted by the Lexington School District Two Innovation Center (L2IC) in Cayce, SC, near Columbia. The purpose of the event was to help educators and administrators stay informed about the rapidly evolving job market. The panel provided an opportunity for industry leaders to share…
When Hurricane Florence hit coastal North Carolina in 2018, it decided to stay awhile. The wind blew, and the rain fell for days. And though Cameron Doby didn’t experience major impacts from his home in Oxford in the central part of the state, his vivid memories of the pictures and video of coastal regions remain….
