Private equity investment in the design and construction industry has moved from an emerging trend to a defining market force. Driven by sustained infrastructure spending, consolidation opportunities in a fragmented sector, and founder succession...
Who doesn’t love talking about Casualty Insurance? With the many challenges that casualty insurance presents to the construction industry, this webinar will provide attendees with a general overview of General Liability, Excess/Umbrella Liability...
This webinar draws on a real utility-infrastructure project—shared without identifying details—to show how early organizational decisions can elevate the Construction Manager’s role in progressive design-build delivery. Building on a highly attended...
Completing a project on time and within budget ensures its overall success and sustainability. Still, construction industry statistics reveal that approximately 80 percent of projects finish behind schedule or are over budget. In this webinar...
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration updated its National Emphasis Program that protects workers from outdoor and indoor heat-related hazards to direct agency resources where they can make the biggest impact – focusing inspections and outreach in industries and workplaces where heat stress risks are most likely to occur.
Originally issued in April 2022, the revised National Emphasis Program – Outdoor and Indoor Heat-Related Hazards uses OSHA and the Bureau of Labor Statistics data from calendar years 2022-2025 to direct inspection priorities to 55 high-risk industries in indoor and outdoor work settings.
Are you ready to move beyond EVM theory and lead with confidence on complex construction projects? This course empowers experienced Construction Managers to leverage advanced Earned Value Management as a practical, decision-driving tool tailored for...
While construction’s latest economic data showed higher backlog and starts numbers, the primary driver of that growth has been data center projects. Those projects raged on despite higher input prices.
But planning activity mostly slipped for other builds and hiring among construction firms slowed to start the year too.
From those results, a consensus has emerged: Take away the artificial intelligence buildout, and construction’s economic outlook appears weaker. That’s the view from economists summing up the sector’s prospects with one quarter of 2026 in the rear view.
What We Learned in March: Industry Outlook Darkens in Early 2026
Materials price escalation resurfaced and the industry lost jobs in February, while private nonresidential construction spending continued its slow but steady decline to start the year. The fact that industry momentum was waning before the conflict in Iran sent oil prices and economic uncertainty surging is particularly concerning.
Americans and their water have something in common: they both rely on infrastructure to get from Point A to Point B.
In 2023, infrastructure supporting transportation and water received $626 billion in funding from federal, state, and local governments, over three times more than 1956 spending levels (adjusted for inflation).
CMAA Leaders Summit Academy develops chapter volunteers by strengthening the connection between national objectives and chapter activities, building trusting relationships between members and staff, disseminating information to the chapter network...