May 2024 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was down 0.2% from January to March and up 9.6% over the last year. After several years of growth, nonresidential construction declined 0.2% over the last quarter. It is still…
August 2023 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was up 0.5% in June 2023 and up 3.5% over the last year. In April, the annual growth number was 7.2%. In general, it appears the growth rate is leveling…
June 2023 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was up 1.2% in April 2023 and up 7.2% over the last year. This is an improvement over the 0.3%/3.8% numbers from last month. Nonresidential monthly growth from March to…
May 2023 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was up 0.3% in March 2023 and up 3.8% over the last year. Nonresidential monthly growth from February to March (0.7%) was up from the 0.4% growth seen between January…
On the heels of AGC/ConExpo and Advancing Prefab, Kelcey and Clark share a roundup of industry events for the remainder of 2023. These are listed below in chronological order with a link for each. Hopefully, we will see some of…
Like any industry facing sweeping change, we can either choose to innovate and surpass expectations — or we can sit back and let the shift overcome our businesses.
I really enjoyed speaking to the CURT YP group last week in Philadelphia at the Construction Users Roundtable Young Professionals Summit. This group of 75 of the next leaders in our industry, from owner organizations, contractors and engineering firms, came together for two days to learn about the industry, network, and develop their skills as leaders.
Mark Bridgers kicked off the AGA’s Utility Contractor Workshop on Tuesday, April 29 in Chicago with a speech entitled “Pipeline Construction Waves: Will You Thrash or Crash?” The speech outlined the drivers of the next several waves of pipeline construction…
Mark Bridgers spoke on Tuesday, March 24 in Houston at the Pipeline Opportunities Conference, sponsored by Oildom Publishing. This speech focused on the outlook for pipeline construction through 2035. Continuum has identified three waves of pipeline construction: one that is concluding,…
I am pleased to announce Part I of Continuum Advisory Group’s two-part series: The Past, Present and Future of Capital Construction. In this article we explore the economic cycles and key trends in capital asset construction of the past decade…