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Getting Started: A Real Challenge With the latest GDP growth estimate for second quarter coming in at a slow 1.5 percent, long-term interest rates at a peak for the year, federal debt at an all-time high, CPI inflation continuing apace at 3.4 percent, we have a perplexing situation . And then with food services and…
The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation today announced a new initiative to provide 15 million introductions to the skilled construction trades by 2032. As part of this effort, The Home Depot is launching Path to Pro Skills Explorers curriculum, a free, hands-on educational experience designed to introduce middle and high school students (ages…
U.S. construction cost pressures are shifting from labor to materials, with construction-related commodity prices rising 13.3% year-over-year (YOY) as tariffs, metals supply constraints and demand from data centers and infrastructure projects push input costs higher, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Construction Insights for Global Occupiers report. The increase in commodity prices is more than…
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…
New AGC of America and NCCER Survey Shows Construction Firms Struggling to Find and Retain Qualified Workers amid Enhanced Immigration Enforcement, as They Boost Pay, Invest In Training Demand for workers on data centers is contributing to construction workforce shortages while immigration enforcement impacts labor availability at just under one-third of firms, even as market…
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…
Merritt Properties has broken ground on RDU Business Park, a 150-acre light industrial development located just three miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina, within the Town of Cary. Upon completion, the development will encompass up to 13 single-story industrial buildings totaling 790,527 square feet. With construction now underway on the first phase,…
Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. (NYSE:HGV), the premier vacation ownership and experiences company, announces Ocean Reserve, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club. This new oceanfront resort will be HGV’s fourth property in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and its eighth property in the state. Positioned adjacent to Ocean 22, a Hilton Grand Vacations Club, Ocean Reserve will offer an…
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….
Associated Builders and Contractors today released the findings of its Drone Usage report, a survey ABC conducted of its contractor members in May 2026. Notably, 36.1% of ABC contractor member respondents reported that they fly drones. Other report findings include: “In the ever-evolving construction technology landscape, drones are transforming how contractors monitor site progress, enhance branding…
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…
America’s Biggest Companies Are Betting on the Skilled Trades. The Construction Industry Should Pay Attention. For years, the national focus centered on four-year college degrees, while careers in the skilled trades often received far less attention. Today, that narrative is shifting—and some of the world’s most recognizable companies are leading the charge. BlackRock, Carhartt, Ford…
The Home Depot and The Home Depot Foundation today announced a new initiative to provide 15 million introductions to the skilled construction trades by 2032. As part of this effort, The Home Depot is launching Path to Pro Skills Explorers curriculum, a free, hands-on educational experience designed to introduce middle and high school students (ages…
U.S. construction cost pressures are shifting from labor to materials, with construction-related commodity prices rising 13.3% year-over-year (YOY) as tariffs, metals supply constraints and demand from data centers and infrastructure projects push input costs higher, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest Construction Insights for Global Occupiers report. The increase in commodity prices is more than…
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….
CarolinaPower, a leading regional electrical contractor with offices in South Carolina, recently showcased electrical contracting to high school students enrolled in the Building Construction Technology program at the Donaldson Career Center at SCTAC – part of Greenville County Schools in the Upstate region. CarolinaPower team members Chris Traugh, Paul Yanovskiy, David Steffens, Gage Schatz, and…
