Construction has a well-known productivity problem. Where other industries have seen significant productivity improvements over the last decades, construction has all but stagnated...

Doing a material takeoff right means you'll order only the materials you need, in the quantities and types you need. This can not only save you on money and labor costs, but also...

Sustainable development has typically been defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs...

Hiring the most talented candidates is only the first step toward being successful in the construction industry. Top construction firms also have extremely potent onboarding...

Contractors who use building information modeling (BIM) software enjoy many benefits, including improved collaboration among building partners, earlier resolution of clashing...

The U.S. construction industry added 25,000 new jobs in May 2018, while unemployment in the industry stands at just 4.4 percent, the lowest rate in 18 years. In this tight labor...

With the construction industry booming, builders are worrying less about procuring work and more about having enough people to do the job. And they’re finding it isn’t as easy as...

Most general contractors started out as specialty contractors. “Some of the biggest companies in the world started out in a garage. Bechtel started off small and grew,” said Tom...

Conflicts are inevitable. It's how you handle them that counts. It’s no secret that conflict happens on construction projects. Most flareups — whether between a project manager and...

Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a three-part series on growing your small construction business. In part 1 of our series on growing your small construction business...