Construction
High-Income Job Losses Dampen West Coast Housing Markets
Tech-driven metros face unprecedented employment headwinds as professional services shed workers The West Coast’s vaunted job engine is sputtering. From Seattle to San...
Remote Work Reaches Stable Plateau as Businesses Adapt to New Normal
A comprehensive new study of over 150,000 U.S. businesses reveals that work-from-home arrangements have stabilized at approximately one day per week for the...
Seattle Adopts Sales Tax Exemption to Encourage Office-to-Residential Conversions
Seattle – Today, Mayor Bruce Harrell and Councilmember Mark Solomon celebrated the adoption of new legislation that will create a tax exemption for the conversion of...
Wells Fargo: Construction Spending Rises in October as Residential Gains Offset Nonresidential Declines
According to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce and Wells Fargo Economics, construction spending advanced by 0.4 percent in October. This was...
Skanska Reports Sharp Drop in Q4 Operating Profit, Results Still Better Than Expected
Skanska, the Nordic region’s largest construction company, has reported a significant 73 percent fall in its fourth-quarter operating profit, a reflection of the...
CNBC: Thompson Research CEO Sees ‘Golden Era’ for U.S. Construction Industry
Kathryn Thompson, CEO of Thompson Research Group, discusses why the construction industry could see a boom in demand. Hosted by Brian Sullivan, “Last...
Podcast: Henry D’Esposito, Construction Research Lead @ JLL
Today’s guest on the pod is Henry D’Esposito. Henry is a senior research analyst with JLL in their National Construction and Project & Development...
On Seattle’s Construction Boom, Rents, and Crane Counting
By Liberty One Lithium There are 67,507 apartment units in various stages of the pipeline. Jun 30, 2017–It’s kind of hard to wrap...
Katerra Ushers in New Era of Construction
Integrated design and construction platform will accelerate innovation in long-stagnant industry MENLO PARK, Calif.–April 13, 2017–Katerra, a technology company redefining the construction industry,...
Could 3D Printed Buildings Be the Future of Construction?
By Brittan Jenkins Developer Apis Cor, in partnership with five other companies, successfully on-site 3D printed a house in a small town in...
Construction Industry’s Optimism Declines with Uncertain Economy, Survey Finds
By Adam Steinhauer Construction executives are less optimistic about business conditions going into 2016 than they have been in three years, with a...
John Burns: Immigration Changes Mean Surge in Construction Costs
By John Burns Home builders tend to assume construction costs will not rise because even if they do go up, home price increases...
