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A commentary on construction's quality and productivity challenges tied to veteran tradespeople retiring.

Engineering firm will pay $122,299 in back wages and interest but denies federal claims that women engineers were earning less than men in four roles.

Job gains are in all construction sectors, except heavy and civil engineering construction.

It could be solar, it could be wind. It could be green roofs or clean streets. Whatever the mechanism for greening the built environment, there is one force that drives environmental justice activist Charles Callaway: community.

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su says rule will prevent employers from misclassifying legitimate employees as independent contractors, but construction groups largely oppose it. 

Nonresidential construction sector posts strongest job growth for December, report says.

Professional practice test new specifications, effective in April, eliminate a common breadth of knowledge section to enable more emphasis on discipline-specific expertise.

On-the-job fatality rate rose by 11% in 2022 for construction and extraction workers, the second highest of all industries, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Thornton Tomasetti co-founder and former CEO saw needs in project design and delivery and workforce skillbuilding until his Dec. 12 death

Traditional contractor-owner relationships “are being rocked” by decision in long-running case related to death of pedestrian struck by road grader on municipal project, says industry group.