Articles by Jeff Rubenstone

Users have overcome initial reservations about the robot, with ACR's extensive early engagement with union ironworkers and specialty contractors helping to win over skeptics.

Urban Foundation/Engineering, ENR New York’s Specialty Contractor of the Year, is known across New York City for taking on complex projects.

Growing labor shortages continue to plague the construction industry, while trade schools and job training programs report their current enrollment won’t make up for a wave of retiring skilled workers.

The construction unemployment rate fell to 3.3%, another signal that the labor supply pressures of recent years are still ongoing.

With an extended period of construction activity and no imminent signs of recession, prices for used construction equipment at resale and auction have found their level, with fewer of the fluctuations that marked recent years.

The telescope, part of the next generation of telescopes now under construction or development, will be one of the largest optical telescopes ever built when completed.

Architectural Record recently spoke with ENR 2024 Award of Excellence Winner Kit Miyamoto of Miyamoto International about his firm's efforts to assess the damage in the war-torn Gaza Strip while making plans for eventual rebuilding efforts.

Finding enough qualified workers to meet the current construction demand is a real challenge in many hot markets of the U.S. right now.

The U.S. Dept. of Defense announced it has passed the halfway mark on construction of a temporary floating pier structure in the Mediterranean Sea near the Gaza Strip. 

While some worry about clouds on the horizon, it’s not evident in the heavy equipment market.