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2016 Year in Review

ENR.com's Most-Read Construction Industry Stories of 2016

Janice L. Tuchman

December 27, 2016

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What are the construction industry's major takeaways from a the election surprise and technological innovation?

Year in Review

Construction Sector Firms Aim For Solid Results in 2017

Companies' business and workforce moves last year will help, but not all of them worked out.

Debra K. Rubin

December 27, 2016

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Companies' business and workforce moves last year could help, but not all of them worked out.

2017 Regional Forecast

Mountain States' Construction Leaders See a Building Boom, More Workforce Issues Ahead in 2017

Mark Shaw

December 26, 2016

Some states in the region could see as much as a 6% increase in construction starts this coming year; others will struggle with declining state revenues and population loss.

New Projects

Construction Starts Slip 6% Nationwide in November

December 22, 2016

Decreased activity reported in nonresidential building, housing and public works sectors.

State of Utah Consolidates Labs, Ups Its CSI Capabilities

Final phase of the Unified State Laboratory project brings investigators from several agencies together onto one collaborative campus

Brian Fryer

December 19, 2016

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As 2016 comes to a close, Salt Lake City-based general contractor Big-D is putting finishing touches on the final phase of Utah’s new Unified State Laboratory complex in the Salt Lake City suburb of Taylorsville.

City Scoop: Colorado Springs

December 19, 2016

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Rich Data From Dodge Data & Analytics

Construction Safety

Construction Fatalities Climb in 2015 to 7-Year High

Industry's fatal-injury rate per 100,000 workers also rises slightly

Tom Ichniowski

December 19, 2016

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BLS cites 27% fatal-injury increase in specialty trade contractor sector as major factor.

Viewpoint: Colorado Construction Defects Case Needs to Be Reconsidered

Albert B. Wolf

December 15, 2016

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An Oct. 20 decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals promises serious consequences to the local construction industry as well as its liability carriers.