Construction
Absher Construction Joins Army’s PaYS Program to Recruit Veteran Workforce
Absher Construction, already the general contractor on a $100 million barracks project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, will formalize a separate hiring partnership with...
Oregon Trails West Coast Neighbors With 1.1% GDP Growth in First Quarter
Oregon’s economy grew at a 1.1 percent annualized rate in the first quarter of 2026, roughly half the national pace and a fraction...
Navy’s $30B Multi-Mission Dry Dock Contract Sets Up Generational Building Boom at Bremerton’s Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
The U.S. Navy is preparing to award up to five construction contracts worth a combined $30 billion to rebuild and modernize the carrier-servicing...
West Coast Self Storage Developers Navigate Tariff Pressures and Labor Headwinds as Subcontractor Competition Intensifies
A new contractor survey from DXD Capital reveals that while material costs and deportation-related labor disruptions are mounting, aggressive subcontractor pricing is offering...
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...
