April new business volume up 11% year-over-year, up 7% month-over-month, and down 5% year-to-date. Details here.
FTI Consulting Inc. has announced that Frank Regnery has been appointed as a senior managing director in the Construction Solutions practice. He will be based in New York.
Following a sizable decrease in demand for design services in March, the April Architecture Billings Index (ABI) climbed back into positive territory according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA).
New York, New York (May 22, 2019) — The value of new construction starts in April fell 15% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $685.2 billion, pulling back following the 16% hike that was reported in March, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Steep declines were registered by two of the three main construction sectors. Nonbuilding construction, which is co
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Virgin Trainsit’s first rail train for Phase 2 was loaded and shipped from Steel Dynamics’ Ft. Wayne, Indiana, mill on May 16, 2019. Details here.
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The SEAA Ironworker Craft Training Program is essential to battling the qualified labor shortages the industry faces. “Jack’s passion for the steel-erection industry is recognizable almost immediately. He has great respect for providing training and skills development for ironworkers,” said Alan Sears.
More than 7,000 robot assistants, infrastructure robots, structure robot, and finishing robots will be deployed for construction between 2018 and 2025.
Recent data indicates strong financial performance industrywide for AEC. Zweig Group’s annual “Financial Performance Survey of AEC Firms,” released April 4, 2019, identified a strong positive trend in multiple key financial indicators, including profit, revenue, staff growth and backlog.