Tag: Construction
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Reinventing Construction Procurement with SubBase
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, I sit down with Eric Helitzer, founder and CEO of SubBase, a procurement platform that aims to bring order, transparency, and automation to this domain. Room for improvement Procurement is one of the least digitized yet most consequential parts of construction. The workflow spans field teams, project…
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Bridging the gap between Gantt charts and the construction site
Once on site, schedules are less about contract compliance and more about day-to-day alignment, ensuring every crew knows what they need to do, where and when they need to do it. Schedulers and planners also have to make reactive decisions on a range of factors, including weather, material deliveries, equipment and labour availability. View the…
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M&A activity ticks up across the construction industry
On the heels of a fluid macroeconomic environment and instability, M&A activity cooled to start the year, according to WSP CEO Alexandre L’Heureux. However, that calculus may now be changing. Even as tariffs and uncertainty beleaguered the construction industry, and a government shutdown has blacked out data at a crucial moment, M&A has seen a recent uptick.…
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Project costs stymy construction planning
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Macroeconomic pressures coupled with inflated project costs are weighing on developers’ appetite for new construction planning, according to Dodge Construction Network. After a streak of record-setting months, the pipeline of future nonresidential construction shrank in October. The…
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US construction anchors Skanska’s results
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Solid construction performance anchored Stockholm-based builder and developer Skanska’s third quarter earnings, but a weak commercial property development market weighed on income. Skanska’s operating income for Q3 was 1.36 billion Swedish crowns ($143 million USD),…
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Illegal working in construction: expanding right to work checks
Ahead of proposed changes to the right to work scheme, construction employers have an opportunity to voice their concerns and challenges. The UK government is inviting businesses, trade unions and industry associations in the construction sector to provide their views on the upcoming extension of right work checks to businesses hiring ‘gig economy’ and zero-hour workers. The…
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Leverage data to contextualize competitive construction
Empowering an Autonomous Future Digital engineering and the associated data are transforming the construction industry by enabling organizations to deliver on safety, quality, efficiency, productivity and ultimately projects that are on schedule and budget. Data provides the ability to apply a holistic, consolidated single source of truth that simplifies complex processes and supports best practices,…
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Interior Specialties Earns Excellence in Construction Award
Interior Specialties, Inc. (ISI), a top specialty subcontractor, is known for bringing projects to life with unmatched precision and reliability. Continuing that tradition of excellence, ISI recently added another prestigious industry award to its trophy case. ISI was recognized for excellence in construction by the Central Florida Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. The company…
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5 Ways to Keep Your Construction Project on Schedule
A significant number of commercial construction projects experience delays and fall behind schedule. It’s such a widespread issue that researchers studied it and published their findings in the Ain Shams Engineering Journal. If your own construction project fails to meet its scheduled deadlines, you’re certainly not alone. While many delays can be out of your…
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Government Shutdowns Deepen Construction Labor Crisis
When we think of the federal government being shut down, what we commonly picture are National Parks closed, flights grounded, even delays in Social Security benefits due to staffing shortages. Rarely do we hear of how these shutdowns put a choke-hold on the legal immigration pipeline that supplies our economy with the labor vital to…