May 17, 2018 The Fairway, the Cows, and the Cycle: A Brief Introduction to North Texas Commercial Real Estate The Metroplex is a diverse and complicated market. Defined as a “contiguous metropolitan area,” a Metroplex has more than one anchor city of equal size and/or ...Keep Reading
December 12, 2017 What's Driving the Pacific Northwest Economy? In such a diverse economy as we have today, it makes sense that each region and city has their own economic cycles that drive growth. As I reside in the ...Keep Reading
October 25, 2017 When Are We Going to Get Serious About Infrastructure? We are continuously consumed with news regarding America’s infrastructure problems and the various agendas to fix these problems. From an aging water ...Keep Reading
May 4, 2017 Interview with Chief Economist Alex Carrick: Canadian Economy and Construction Welcome to the last part of my interview with Alex Carrick, chief economist covering North America for ConstructConnect and CanaData. We’ve already discussed ...Keep Reading
April 27, 2017 Interview with Chief Economist Alex Carrick: High-Tech Effect on Construction I’ve had the pleasure of discussing the United States economy and what to expect for the U.S. construction industry with Chief Economist Alex Carrick. Our ...Keep Reading
April 20, 2017 Interview with Chief Economist Alex Carrick: Outlook of U.S. Construction As I mentioned in my blog last week, I’ve recently had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Carrick, chief economist covering North America for ConstructConnect ...Keep Reading
April 13, 2017 Interview with Chief Economist Alex Carrick: State of the U.S. Economy This past month I had the pleasure of interviewing Alex Carrick, the chief economist covering North America for ConstructConnect, as well as CanaData. He has ...Keep Reading
December 6, 2016 How Will Trump Affect the Construction Industry? Election results are in and now we speculate on what will happen in the construction industry. While none of it is certain, and only time will tell, there are ...Keep Reading
November 1, 2016 Which Presidential Candidate's Plan for Infrastructure Adds Up? Back in August, I wrote about the basic meaning of the term ‘infrastructure’, why it is needed, and why costs for infrastructure projects continue to rise. In ...Keep Reading
September 12, 2016 A Construction Industry First Look At "Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act" In early December, 2015, mere days before transportation spending was set to expire, the House voted 359 to 65 and the Senate voted 83 to 16 to provide $305 ...Keep Reading
April 15, 2016 Construction Industry Insight: Is it too soon to talk about recession? This past week at a conference, Dr. Michael Miller, Associate Professor of Economics at DePaul University, brought up that the U.S. is 82 months into an ...Keep Reading
July 7, 2015 AIA Insider: A Sit-Down With Chief Economist Kermit Baker As many of you know, the AIA show was held last month in Atlanta, GA, where the Building Solutions headquarters are located.The show, which had over 7,000 ...Keep Reading