WASHINGTON, (June 28, 2021) – The National Institute of Building Sciences, created by Congress in 1974, has named the first woman to serve as Chair of the Board of Directors.
Anne M. Ellis, P.E., Hon.M.ACI, F.ASCE, M.NAC, executive director with the Charles Pankow Foundation, was recently elected to serve alongside several new officers. They include:
ARLINGTON, Va. (July 14,2021) — Unprecedented price increases for a wide range of goods and services used in construction pushed up contractors’ costs by a devastating 26.3% from June 2020 to June 2021, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) of government data.
HAMILTON, N.J. (July 13, 2021) — The latest issue of the Civil Quarterly (TCQ) from Dodge Data & Analytics reveals that most civil contractors are optimistic about the volume of work they expect in 2021 and 2022, and they anticipate both revenue and profit margin increases for their companies as a result.
WASHINGTON (July 8, 2021) — The nation's leading building trade unions recently released an update to its first-of-its-kind report on the economic impact of the long-standing partnership between skilled craft unions and the biopharmaceutical industry. America's building trades helped drive $23.6 billion in investment across 14 states on major construction projects over $5 million active at any point between 2015 and 2020.
HAMILTON, N.J. (July 8, 2021) – Following 6 months of consecutive gains, the Dodge Momentum Index fell to 165.8 in June, down 5% from the revised May reading of 175.1.
ARLINGTON, Va. (July 7, 2021) — Construction employment declined by 7,000 between May and June as the industry still employs 238,000 fewer people than before the pandemic, according to an analysis of government data by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).
