January 30, 2020 Helping Developers Navigate Construction Costs & Sustainable Projects Construction is a complex symphony of moving parts, never more so than today. Developers face many challenges to deliver projects on time and on budget.
July 9, 2019 Add Value to Your Proposal and Win the Project: How Working with a Product Manufacturer Can Separate General Contractors from the Competition Winning projects as a general contractor has become increasingly challenging. You not only have to acquire in-depth knowledge about the project and the owner’s ...Keep Reading
April 17, 2018 How Steel Tariff Increases Could Impact U.S. Construction When President Trump took office in January 2017, one of his promises was to renegotiate, and, if needed, alter trade agreements with the goal of helping ...Keep Reading
February 19, 2018 What’s next? Another look into Olympic Construction The Olympics are upon us once again! Two years ago after the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I reflected on why there were ...Keep Reading
December 5, 2017 What to Expect for Construction Costs in 2018 Earlier this year, we gave an industry consensus of the cost of materials and looked at the pace of growth for architectural and engineering services, labor, ...Keep Reading
June 21, 2017 Producer Price Index and Construction Costs, June 2017 The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) just released the May 2017 numbers for their Producer Price Index (PPI). Once again, the Associated General Contractors of ...Keep Reading
March 14, 2017 U.S. Is Struggling for a Passing Grade in Infrastructure After four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has released their new 2017 Infrastructure Report Card for the United States. Similar to their ...Keep Reading
September 30, 2016 VE: The Dirty Letters of the Construction Industry While value engineering (VE) in construction is meant to provide more value to an owner by either improving the function of building materials or reducing ...Keep Reading
September 27, 2016 First Look at Construction Costs in 2017 Construction cost is always top of mind to builders, developers and owners, so we wanted to take a quick look at it today in our blog! We look at current and ...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
August 4, 2016 13 Tips For Accurate Construction Project Estimates Getting an accurate project estimate can feel like the toughest challenge in the construction process — and that's before you even get started. Estimate too ...Keep Reading
September 23, 2015 Are Building Supplies Change Orders Sending Your Project Over Budget? In the general contracting industry, you may know to expect the unexpected when it comes to delays in bringing a project to close. Yet, do you really stop to ...Keep Reading