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A commentary about the Biden administration plan to reverse a Trump administration rule on classifying independent contractors.

In 2018, EPC contractor TGE Top Down delivered a $112-million, 10-story, 621,000-sq-ft office building in Bangalore, India, using a patented top-down building system.

Top-down construction—assembling the floor of a building on the ground and lifting it into place—has long presented a possible alternative to the labor-intensive process of building steel frames, floors, walls and all components at height.

ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and materials prices. Historical data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics

Photographs chosen by our editors from submissions to ENR.com/southwest/photos.

Updates about construction professionals in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico.

Dodge offers data on projected 2022 construction starts in the Tucson area.

Updates on projects and companies in the Southwest region.

Reports from key industry events across the Southwest region.