Human Reclamation Through Bricklaying
By George F. Will, Cleveland Plain Dealer
In the 1940s, Steve Shelton's grandfather dressed up — white shirt, tie, fedora — to take the streetcar to the steel mill where he would change into work clothes, and would shower before dressing up to return home. ''There was,'' Shelton says, ''such dignity in the trades back then.''
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Evolving the Trade Partner Relationship
By Michael Blakemore, Construction Executive
Construction’s current evolution sees the introduction of futuristic technologies, such as drones and augmented reality, that are radically shaping the way projects are built and delivered to clients. And yet, in other ways, the industry is stuck in the stone age. One such dinosaur is the existing template for the general contractor/trade partner dynamic, which is one of adversaries, not allies.
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U.S. Construction at a Crossroads
By Alex Carrick, ConstructConnect
ConstructConnect’s grand total construction starts statistics two-thirds of the way through 2019 are almost even with January-August 2018, -3.3%. The composition of starts this year, however, has undergone a dramatic change. It is much more heavily weighted towards very large projects, the so-called ‘mega projects’ of one billion dollars or more each.
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PNC Survey Finds Owners of Small and Midsize Companies Remain in an Upbeat Mood About the Economy
Scott Suttell, Managing Editor of Crain's Cleveland Business
Owners and executives of small and midsize businesses have high levels of confidence about the economy and do not expect a recession before the end of this year, though they're a little less upbeat about what 2020 might bring, according to a new survey from PNC Financial Services Group Inc.
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Escalation Clauses can Help Contractors Mitigate Price Increases
By Kim Slowey, Construction Dive
Construction material prices are sometimes an unknown when planning a project. Whether related to tariffs, supply chain concerns or a volatile raw materials market, there could be fluctuations that can impact the bottom line for both owners and contractors.
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City Builders: Turn Disruptors into Opportunities
Article by Michael Carragher, P.E., Engineering News-Record.
Major shifts of people into cities is not new, but what makes urbanization different today for planners, engineers, architects, contractors, financiers and public administrators than in decades past is the magnitude and pace at which all of us now encounter disruptions.
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