January 3, 2018 U.S. End-Market Construction Forecast When evaluating and analyzing the construction market, we usually break it down into three main construction categories or segments: Residential, ...Keep Reading
October 11, 2017 2018 North American Construction Forecast Preview United States Regions and Construction Before the release of our 2018 North American Construction Forecast Report, we thought it would be useful to provide ...Keep Reading
August 24, 2017 Millennials and Other Factors Driving Multifamily Construction [Video Blog] I’ve spent my career building partnerships with owners and developers - particularly those in the multifamily market. I have seen the ebb and flow of the ...Keep Reading
December 13, 2016 U.S. National End-Market Construction Forecast 2017 is just around the corner and in preparation for that, we have developed a consensus growth forecast for the upcoming year. In this article, we'll examine ...Keep Reading
February 23, 2016 421-a Tax Abatement Expires: Is Affordable Housing in Jeopardy? The long-standing 421-a tax abatement program, first instituted in the 1970s, offered incentives to developers for affordable components in new residential ...Keep Reading
February 4, 2016 Will 2016 Mark the End of the Multifamily Construction Boom? The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) held its Apartments Strategies Conference and Annual Meeting in Orlando from January 18-21. With over 4,000 ...Keep Reading
December 21, 2015 How Millennials Are Driving the Market for Apartments The millennial generation, or Gen Y, is considered to be anyone born between 1978 and the late 90s. The bulk of this generation has graduated college. They ...Keep Reading
December 16, 2015 Is Financing Holding Back Single-Family Construction? A couple of months ago I wrote about the decision and process I went through in buying a home in Houston, TX. As a continuation to that blog, I wanted to talk ...Keep Reading
October 8, 2015 A 99% Watertight Envelope? Not Good Enough According to construction expert Michael T. Kabul,“It is said that ninety percent of all water intrusion problems occur within 1 percent of the total building ...Keep Reading
September 25, 2015 Millennials Help Drive Multifamily Construction? Some social analysts say that millennials -- people born between 1982 and 2004 -- prefer apartments to home ownership and appear to be driving what is called ...Keep Reading
August 25, 2015 3 Must Know Materials for Your Multifamily Building Envelope The envelope or exterior construction of all buildings directly impacts the energy performance and related energy costs. Therefore, conducting an analysis of a ...Keep Reading
August 14, 2015 3 Critical Design Considerations for Multifamily Building Envelopes As the old saying goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. A more perfect analogy cannot be found when considering the design of a building's ...Keep Reading