Top Construction Industry Trends to Expect in 2022 As the end of 2022 comes near, it’s time to start preparing for the year ahead. Keeping on top of new and emerging trends in the construction industry not only helps keep your company from falling behind but also helps prepare you for the future. With the […]
Mobile Construction Management: The Solution to Avoidable Delays
Mobile Construction Management: The Solution to Avoidable Delays The McKinsey Global Institute released a report early this year detailing how the construction industry is missing out on an additional 1.6 trillion dollars a year because of productivity performance and industrial evolution. They also outline how construction-sector productivity can catch up to the productivity of the […]
How 3D Printing Has Injected Itself into the Construction Industry
The global construction business has grown in market capitalization since the mid-1900s, and today it boasts an incredible annual value of $10 trillion. Still, the individual firms face significant obstacles when it comes to competing effectively in the current market – labor shortages, increasing material costs, and issues with supply chain are just three reasons […]
What are Smart Cities? – Turning Concepts into Reality
The age of technology has gifted us with many innovations that affect our lives each day, along with a healthy outlook for how we might use information technology to shape our collective future. Our ability to harness advanced computational power and the internet offers us tremendous opportunities to ignite a revolution of efficiency and improvement […]
Building a Football Stadium and its Impact on a City
Americans love professional sports. Whether it’s the NBA, the NHL, Major League Baseball, or the immensely popular National Football League, people flock to stadiums around the country to watch games, cheer on their favorite athletes, and enjoy the food, entertainment, and atmosphere that stadiums provide. From time to time, however, our professional sports leagues […]
4 Ways Technology Is Shaping Construction Site Security
4 Ways Technology Is Shaping Construction Site Security A frequently brushed aside aspect of on-site construction is the necessity of site security for each project. Security and protection of a construction site aren’t typically everyone’s first concern; the focus with any project usually revolves around the work being done rather that what goes on […]
The Best States for Construction Jobs in 2023
The construction industry in the United States is thriving, with a multitude of opportunities for job seekers in various states. Whether you’re a skilled tradesperson, a project manager, or an aspiring construction professional, finding the right location to kickstart or advance your construction career is crucial. In this article, we’ll explore the best states for […]
Is Chicago America’s New Construction Hub?
Is Chicago America’s New Construction Hub? Commercial construction takes a big hit during economic recessions when businesses and governments scale back expansion projects and take a conservative approach to protecting and consolidating their assets. Today though, for the first time since the recession of 2008, the construction business is booming again in the Windy City. […]
The Environmental Impacts of Construction Projects and the Next Steps Forward for the Industry
Construction projects around the world have a significant impact on our environment, both on a local and a global scale. Every stage of the construction process has a measurable environmental impact: the mining processes used to source materials, the transportation of these materials to the building site from sources around the world, the construction process […]
5 Trends in Green Construction
5 Trends in Green Construction These days, everybody is going green; but it’s more than a fleeting fad; it is a permanent trend that has shaken every industry, especially construction. Sustainability is not only good for the environment, but it also saves money for the subcontractor and creates good faith with the public. […]
The Future of U.S. & Cuban Construction Relations
Last April marked history. April 7th, 2016 marked the first time U.S. construction companies took part in the Cuban Construction Fair. Ten U.S. companies participated in the fair in an attempt to express the interest of the U.S. business sector to invest in the island. Companies saw significant business prospects in the Cuban agricultural sector, […]
eSUB Named “COOL Company” by San Diego Venture Group
Innovative Mobile and Cloud Software eSUB Named San Diego COOL Company SAN DIEGO, CA. (August 12, 2016) – Every year, San Diego Venture Group honors the Fastest-Growing, Most Exciting Startups in San Diego by designating them “COOL Companies” and giving them the exciting opportunity to help continue to accelerate growth with access to venture capitalists. […]
2016 Rio Olympic Games: A Breakdown of the Stadium Construction
Of the four finalists shortlisted to host the Olympic Games in 2016, Rio de Janeiro was the city with the most venues that were already operating, with just under 50% of the competition sites ready to go. Many of the venues had been prepared for the Pan-American Games of 2007. However, the city still had […]
Construction Skilled Labor Imbalance
Dive Brief: A recent survey by home services marketplace and website HomeAdvisor found that the construction skilled labor shortage has created a labor gap that is affecting the economy, limiting construction business growth and endangering the ability of knowledgeable tradesman to be able to pass down their skills to future generations of workers In […]
The Emergence of Construction’s Sharing Economy
“Collaborative consumption” is the latest fad in America. Individuals and businesses are more aggressively using existing resources, whether it’s in the form of the cars people use (Uber and Lyft), homes or apartments that aren’t being occupied (Airbnb), or money waiting to be invested (FundingCircle). According to VB Profiles, this “sharing economy” includes 17 […]