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Demand for AI infrastructure pushes the industry through headwinds.

Steel, lumber and energy prices continue to rise.

AI frenzy boosts CM/PM-for-fee revenue as more owners tap firms to develop resources amid intensifying market shortages.

Steady population growth is generating plenty of work across the Riverside area, while external factors and labor woes continue to weigh.

Federal work, wastewater upgrades and housing lift Honolulu starts, while labor and procurement limits test the islands’ capacity.

Layoffs reached lowest number in April since 2022, with labor availability "unlikely to improve in the short term," said ABC economist. 

Residential, public work account for much of the increase. 

Forward-thinking companies are transforming accounts payable from a back‑office burden into an engine for savings and growth.

Investors and developers are bullish on clean energy to quickly meet nation's power demand surge, but federal actions that undermine projects and remain vague on tax credit rules, as well as slow connection to the grid, could hamper markets.

Congress’ proposed successor to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act outlines how federal infrastructure funding mechanisms and investment priorities may shift in the future.