The construction industry is facing a labor shortage of about 500,000 workers this year. The worker shortage is pushing up housing costs amid a national housing shortage. Industry experts say the US ...

Construction companies helped to hammer together another strong month for the U.S. job market. The Labor Department reported Friday that construction firms added 39,000 jobs in March — a remarkably ...

Environmental sustainability and the energy-intensive construction industry don’t often go hand-in-hand. The construction industry is a massive consumer of raw materials and natural resources, and it ...

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As cars and trucks zoom by, Rurick Palomino points to the underside of the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge that spans the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., where his crew of about 30 workers is doing ...

Construction loans pay for home building or renovations and are paid in full or converted to permanent mortgages when the work is completed. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site ...

Your funds will be disbursed in chunks—called draws—as your home’s build progresses Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side Aly J. Yale is a contributor at Buy Side and an expert on real estate, ...

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Eddie Ybarra and Francisco Martinez, both in their 40s, work side by side building the walls of two of the newest condo buildings in downtown Los Angeles. They drive pickup trucks to work, park in ...