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MFPRO+ Special Reports

Top 10 trends in affordable housing

Among affordable housing developers today, there’s one commonality tying projects together: uncertainty. AEC firms share their latest insights and philosophies on the future of affordable housing in BD+C's 2023 Multifamily Annual Report.


AEC Tech

Lack of organizational readiness is biggest hurdle to artificial intelligence adoption

Managers of companies in the industrial sector, including construction, have bought the hype of artificial intelligence (AI) as a transformative technology, but their organizations are not ready to realize its promise, according to research from IFS, a global cloud enterprise software company. An IFS survey of 1,700 senior decision-makers found that 84% of executives anticipate massive organizational benefits from AI. 

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Reconstruction & Renovation | Mar 28, 2022

Is your firm a reconstruction sector giant?

Is your firm active in the U.S. building reconstruction, renovation, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse markets? We invite you to participate in BD+C's inaugural Reconstruction Market Research Report.

Industry Research | Mar 28, 2022

ABC Construction Backlog Indicator unchanged in February

Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 8.0 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted Feb. 21 to March 8.

Industry Research | Mar 23, 2022

Architecture Billings Index (ABI) shows the demand for design service continues to grow

Demand for design services in February grew slightly since January, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).

Industry Research | Mar 17, 2022

Construction input prices rise 2.6% in February, says ABC

Construction input prices increased 2.6% in February compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today

Museums | Mar 16, 2022

Unpacking the secrets to good museum storage

Museum leaders should focus as much design attention on the archives as the galleries themselves, according to a new white paper by Erin Flynn and Bruce Davis, architects and museum experts with the firm Cooper Robertson.

Codes and Standards | Mar 10, 2022

HOK offers guidance for reducing operational and embodied carbon in labs

Global design firm HOK has released research providing lab owners and developers guidance for reducing operational and embodied carbon to meet net zero goals.

Industry Research | Mar 9, 2022

Survey reveals five ways COVID-19 changed Americans’ impressions of public restrooms and facilities

Upon entering the third year of the pandemic, Americans are not only more sensitive to germs in public restrooms, they now hold higher standards for the cleanliness, condition and technology used in these shared spaces, according to the annual Healthy Handwashing Survey™ from Bradley Corporation conducted in January. 

Codes and Standards | Mar 7, 2022

Late payments in the construction industry rose in 2021

Last year was a tough one for contractors when it comes to getting paid on time.

Multifamily Housing | Mar 4, 2022

221,000 renters identify what they want in multifamily housing, post-Covid-19

Fresh data from the 2022 NMHC/Grace Hill Renter Preferences Survey shows how remote work is impacting renters' wants and needs in apartment developments.

Codes and Standards | Mar 4, 2022

Construction industry faces a 650,000 worker shortfall in 2022

The U.S. construction industry must hire an additional 650,000 workers in 2022 to meet the expected demand for labor, according to a model developed by Associated Builders and Contractors.

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