Monthly Construction Input Prices Surge 2.5% in January, Says ABC
Construction input prices increased 2.5% in January 2021 compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices rose 2.1% for the month. Construction input prices rose 4.8% from a year ago. Nonresidential construction input prices…
New “PRO Act” Will Hurt Construction Workers, Undermine Their Privacy And Make It Hard For The Economy To Recover, Official Warns
Measure Denies Workers Absolute Right to Secret and Fair Union Elections, Forces Them to Become the Victims of Union Disputes, Will Unleash Strikes and Disruptions that Will Kill Jobs, Hurt Recovery The Associated General Contractors of America’s chief executive officer, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to the introduction in Congress today…
Ten Tips To Upgrade Your RFI Process in 2021: Part Two
This is part 2 of 10 helpful tips for developing your RFI process to manage and handle RFIs from the Field Crew to your Office Staff. Construction projects average hundreds of request for information (RFIs) each year, making it essential that project stakeholders maintain an efficient RFI process in the field. Additionally, it is essential…
Soaring Prices And Delivery Delays For Lumber, Steel And Other Inputs Squeeze Finances For Construction Firms Already Burdened By Pandemic
Soaring Prices And Delivery Delays For Lumber, Steel And Other Inputs Squeeze Finances For Construction Firms Already Burdened By Pandemic
Monthly Construction Input Prices Surge 2.5% in January, Says ABC
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17,, 2021 — Construction input prices increased 2.5% in January 2021 compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices rose 2.1% for the month. Construction input prices rose 4.8% from a year ago….
Ten Tips To Upgrade Your RFI Process: Part One
The Request For Information (RFI) workflow is one of the most important processes that trade contractors use during the lifecycle of a project. It is the opportunity to ask a formal question to obtain a specific answer in regard to a deviation to the original project documents, plans or ever an Owner-initiated request in the…
ABC Statement on Senate Committee Vote Approving Nomination of Mayor Walsh as Labor Secretary
Associated Builders and Contractors President and CEO Michael Bellaman released the follow statement on the vote by the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to approve the nomination of Mayor Marty Walsh as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor: “Mayor Walsh knows the construction industry and its workforce, so I believe we…
Nonresidential Construction Spending Dips Nearly 1% in December, Deepening a Monthslong Slump, Says ABC
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2020 —National nonresidential construction spending declined 0.8% in December 2020, 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 $790.2 billion for the month, 4.8% lower than in December 2019 but 3.8% higher than in…
Transform Your Construction Business in 2021
Recently Rob McKinney, director of business development for eSUB, and Steve Coughran, founder and CEO of Coltivar, hosted a webinar to help construction executives transform their businesses. Here are some of the highlights of that webinar. Many construction businesses have survived all the challenges in recent years. But how are they performing under today’s conditions?…
The Blue Book Network® and Regional Hispanic Contractors Association Form Strategic Alliance
The Blue Book Building and Construction Network www.thebluebook.com the largest and most active network in the commercial construction industry, has partnered with the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association https://regionalhca.org/ to provide its members with significant value-added benefits. This new alliance complements the missions of both organizations in supporting the growth of the construction industry. Subcontractors will now have access to pre-bid…
