Authored by Mary Scott Nabers:Cities throughout America are building or modernizing sports venues. Many are incorporating them into sports-anchored districts designed to pull in...
Signals and Signposts
The current and future economy, trends in design and construction, political influence – sometimes we have something to say about topics which may be signs of things to come.
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.1% in February and 3.1% year over year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (...
The construction industry had 231,000 job openings on the last day of January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
The Middle East war is already affecting construction costs, with the impacts likely to increase sharply the longer the war continues. The national average price of on-highway...
Construction employment in February totaled 8,309,000, seasonally adjusted, a decrease of 11,000 from January but an increase of 42,000 (0.5%) year-over-year (y/y), according to...
National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.6% in December, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census...
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.7% in January and 2.9% year over year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (...
According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2025 Union Members Summary released today, 11.1% of U.S....
The Supreme Court ruled today that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the President to impose broad tariffs. As a result, tariffs on...









