Construction materials prices are rising again as copper, diesel, freight and labor costs squeeze supply chains despite resilient contractor confidence.
Why does most construction activity keep flowing to the same states—and what do power, labor capacity and value-added data reveal about where competition will intensify?
Commercial construction appears strong at year’s end, but new data and field reporting reveal a more complicated picture beneath the surface. What’s really driving the market now?
While other companies have AI capabilities integrated into browser-based design tools, Bluebeam uses its position in PDF-based environments to build AI automation onto stamp and signature-based workflows.
Producer prices fell in August, but construction input costs climbed as metals and diesel rose. With jobs revised lower, contractors face uneven pressures closing out 2025.
Construction companies swim in an overwhelming ocean of bits and bytes. To cut through the cacophony and identify what data is important, Seattle-based project management firm OAC held its first ever datathon competition earlier this summer
Improving construction data practices and finding new ways to use machine-learning and other advanced algorithms in projects has been a hot topic in the industry, but some firms are already seeing real benefits. That was the consensus of a panel of experts convened for ENR’s 2021 Top Young Professionals conference, held Feb. 24-26.
Efficiencies in design, construction and building use are being unlocked thanks to analysis and proactive changes informed by construction data. Even 3D printing for a NASA project on structures on Mars is on the table.