Ukraine invasion may have long-lasting impacts on materials and other aspects of project work, construction economist Anirban Basu told an owners' group on April 1.

From climate change to the industry’s mental health crisis to its need for diversity, equity and inclusion, the urgency for industry change was a dominant theme of a joint conference of the Construction Users Roundtable and the Construction Industry Institute Feb. 7-9 in Orlando. 

Following a V-shaped recovery in the third quarter of 2020, economic growth has slowed. Amid pandemic's third wave, vaccines bring hope for the second half of 2021. 

Last month, the utility Southern Co. sent its primary contractors a letter quizzing them on their level of worker training. The questionnaire is Southern’s first step toward prequalifying and hiring only contractors who invest in worker training.