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New download: BD+C's April 2024 Market Intelligence Report

Building Design+Construction's monthly Market Intelligence Report offers a snapshot of the health of the U.S. building construction industry, including the commercial, multifamily, institutional, and industrial building sectors. This report tracks the latest metrics related to construction spending, demand for design services, contractor backlogs, and material price trends.




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Contractors

Bringing the concepts of architects, engineers, and clients to life often requires problem-solving and compromise, and always requires hard work on the contractor’s part. Keeping construction within the allotted budget and up to the rest of the building team’s standards requires a combination of extensive technical and product knowledge.

Big Data | Dec 4, 2019

AEC data's coming out party

AEC firms are finally putting to use project information they’ve been storing in their computers for years.

Building Owners | Dec 2, 2019

What building owners and AEC teams need to know about New York’s Climate Mobilization Act

On April 18, 2019, the New York City Council passed the Climate Mobilization Act, a suite of laws aimed to meet the city’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

Multifamily Housing | Nov 7, 2019

Multifamily construction market remains strong heading into 2020

Fewer than one in 10 AEC firms doing multifamily work reported a decrease in proposal activity in Q3 2019, according to a PSMJ report.

Contractors | Nov 5, 2019

Updated AIA contracts clarify the role of construction managers

The revised documents refine how CMs serve as general contractors or project advisers.

Architects | Oct 29, 2019

Top takeaways from the Lean Construction Institute Congress 2019

More than 1,600 Lean experts gathered in Texas this month for LCI Congress 2019. Here are key takeaways from the event.

Giants 400 | Oct 25, 2019

Top 55 Airport Sector Construction Firms for 2019

Hensel Phelps, AECOM, Turner, Skanska, and PCL top the rankings of the nation's largest airport terminal sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 24, 2019

Top 80 Retail Construction Firms for 2019

PCL, VCC, Whiting-Turner, Shawmut, and W.E. O'Neil top the rankings of the nation's largest retail sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Contractors | Oct 24, 2019

Get them while they’re young: programs that promote the construction industry target students

Turner uses one of its jobsites in Nashville to immerse middle-school teachers in the ins and outs of building.

Contractors | Oct 17, 2019

Are contractors collecting what they need to make better decisions?

Research focused on five key types of data: project progress, manhours, productivity, safety, and equipment management.

Architects | Oct 11, 2019

SMPS report tracks how AEC firms are utilizing marketing technology tools

With thousands of MarTech tools and apps on the market, design and construction firms are struggling to keep up.

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