The industry needs approximately 349,000 new workers in 2026 to balance supply and demand, primarily due to retirements and ...

Over the past 12 months, construction activity leaned heavily on a narrow group of winning sectors. Tech giants pledged ...

Contractors see fewer bidding opportunities in 2026, but data centers, power and health care stay strong as tariffs, labor ...

Tariffs and new tax laws have given foreign-based engineering firms incentive to establish a beachhead within the U.S. to ...

Despite headwinds, nearly two-fifths of firms report their current backlog is larger than last year, and a majority plan to increase headcount in 2026. Contractors also show growing interest in ...

Industry sheds 11,000 jobs on net during the month, while total construction employment remains slightly higher than a year ...

More than one in five U.S. construction workers is over the age of 55. And when they retire—often without passing on what they’ve learned—they take with them decades of field-tested knowledge that can ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. With each passing year, the ever-growing gulf between labor ...

Learn about commercial construction, its phases, key players, and how ConstructConnect® supports the industry from ...

ABC is projecting a need of nearly 400,000 workers to meet construction demands in 2026; and nearly 500,000 in 2027.