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 ...

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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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 ...

About 30 years ago, construction worker Song Aimin believed a lifetime of labor could earn him a spot among China's growing urban middle class. He left his village in the northern Hebei province and ...

Wood has great potential as a building material, because it is strong and lightweight, environmentally friendly and can be used in prefabricated buildings. However, only changes in building codes will ...

As every professional in the building industry knows, construction can be a costly and endlessly time-consuming endeavor. Delays are almost more frequent than on-time construction, and can be induced ...

Covid-induced lockdowns may have upended the world of work, but they have not killed the skyscraper. Even as workers stay home to avoid the commute, cities’ penchant for these concrete marvels of ...

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 ...

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