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Construction Executive@ConstructionMag
18 Sep 2024
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Nov 6
📅 Turn a routine WIP report into a real leadership tool and spot early warning signs across a growing project portfolio in our upcoming free webinar with John Meibers at Deltek.

🔗 Register now: f.mtr.cool/m82o400qev

Sponsored by @Deltek.
#ConstructionTech onstructionIndustry
Promotional graphic for a free Construction Executive webinar titled ‘Avoid a Cash Crunch: What Every Construction Executive Needs to Know About Over/Underbilling Risk,’ scheduled for Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. ET and 11 a.m. PT and sponsored by Deltek ComputerEase, showing a magnifying glass over glowing orange and blue financial charts on a dark background.
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Nov 6
🤝 @ABCNational recently received White House recognition after becoming the first nationally certified recovery friendly association.

🔗 See more details from the White House @ONDCP Recovery Month Celebration event here: f.mtr.cool/2yxlrtfqel

#ConstructionIndustry veryFriendlyWorkplaces
A large group of about 80 people in business attire pose together in a formal room with chandeliers and gold drapes, in front of a screen reading ‘Recovery Friendly Workplaces: A Call to Action.’DeAnna Thomas, vice president of human resources at Associated Builders and Contractors, smiles at a podium bearing the Executive Office of the President seal, with an American flag behind her and audience members in the foreground.
Panelists Roneet Lev, M.D., Lynne Patton, Alice Johnson, Candace Alley and Dr. Monty Burks, left to right, sit at a table with microphones and nameplates beneath a screen reading ‘A National Recovery Month Celebration, Office of National Drug Control Policy, September 24, 2026,’ with an American flag and a podium at left.
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Construction Executive@ConstructionMag
Nov 6
📅 Turn a routine WIP report into a real leadership tool and spot early warning signs across a growing project portfolio in our upcoming free webinar with John Meibers at Deltek.

🔗 Register now: f.mtr.cool/m82o400qev

Sponsored by @Deltek.
#ConstructionTech onstructionIndustry
Promotional graphic for a free Construction Executive webinar titled ‘Avoid a Cash Crunch: What Every Construction Executive Needs to Know About Over/Underbilling Risk,’ scheduled for Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. ET and 11 a.m. PT and sponsored by Deltek ComputerEase, showing a magnifying glass over glowing orange and blue financial charts on a dark background.
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Nov 3
🔒 Handle Federal Contract Information or Controlled Unclassified Information? @ABCNational just released a free roadmap to help you get certified for CMMC Phase 1.

🗣️ “It will help them win more work and deliver that work securely,” says Matt Abeles, ABC vice president of and innovation.

🔗 Learn more in our article: f.mtr.cool/hn71pjd65c

#Cybersecurity #ConstructionIndustry #CMMC
Graphic of a red warning triangle and glowing network lines on a dark background, headlined ‘ABC Launches Cybersecurity Roadmap for Federal Contractors.
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Nov 3
📈 Maryland has the lowest construction unemployment rate in the country. North Carolina isn’t far behind. Construction employment is now 9.9% above its pre-pandemic peak, reaching 8.4 million on a seasonally adjusted basis.

🔗 Get more insight: f.mtr.cool/uirph7qxyk
Graphic of white and yellow dice with employed and job-seeker figure icons, headlined ‘All 50 States Had a Construction Unemployment Rate Below 10% in September.
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Oct 30
🚁 The federal ban on Chinese-made drones just changed the future of jobsite data collection. What comes next?

🔗 Learn more about the future of drones in construction: f.mtr.cool/sgmkm098ri
#ConstructionTech #ConstructionIndustry #Drones
Graphic of a drone in front of a Chinese flag and a building under construction, headlined ‘Construction Continues to Monitor the Federal Drone Ban.
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Oct 27
🏗️ @ABCNational is now an official partner of @HenselPhelps’ Diverge Innovation Center. ABC Tech Alliance 2026 in Scottsdale, Arizona, featured predictive AI demos, a live 3D concrete printing robot showcase and a first look at the @oakley @Meta Vanguard smart safety glasses.

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#ConstructionTech #ConstructionIndustry #AI
A group of about 25 people in business casual and work attire pose together in a bright lobby in front of a wall reading ‘Diverge: rethinking innovation,’ with a Hensel Phelps banner on the left and a vintage car frame behind them.Two smiling men in blazers stand in front of a hexagon-tiled wall displaying partner logos, including Milwaukee, Field AI, ABC, TYRI, STARC and PCG.
A man in a black polo and ball cap gestures toward a small tracked robot on a concrete floor beside a rolling monitor displaying a live camera view, with a shipping container and exposed ductwork behind him.Visitors gather around a Smartapp.com demonstration display in a large indoor space, where a worker in a yellow high-visibility vest faces a big screen showing an AI chat interface and a spreadsheet, while others stand nearby talking.
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Construction Executive@ConstructionMag
Oct 22
🏗️ The most practical solution to construction’s talent gap isn’t finding more people. It’s making the most of the people you already have. When competing for top talent drives up labor costs, upskilling workers already on the payroll becomes the smartest move.

🔗 Learn how: f.mtr.cool/13dwugosck
#ConstructionIndustry #WorkforceDevelopment #SkilledTrades
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Oct 22
🏗️ A near-collapse at the former Pfizer headquarters in New York. What can the construction industry learn before the next one becomes a catastrophe?

On July 7, 2026, structural steel columns buckled on the 21st floor of an adaptive-reuse project at 235 E. 42nd St., prompting a w York City. 

🔗 See what field experts say: f.mtr.cool/ugrcw77iid

#ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionSafety #AdaptiveReuse
Illustration of a damaged building interior with a buckled steel column and exposed studs, headlined ‘Warning Signs: Analyzing the Near-Collapse of the Former Pfizer Headquarters in New York.’
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Oct 21
🏛️ The 2026 midterms are weeks away. Voters’ concerns about costs are reshaping congressional races and putting tax and data center policy in the spotlight.

🔗 Learn more about the potential impacts on the construction industry: f.mtr.cool/zl9jtxjse1

#ConstructionIndustry dterms
Graphic of an American flag in front of the U.S. Capitol dome at sunset, headlined ‘Top Concerns Approaching Midterm Election.
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Oct 21
🏗️ A $450 million presidential library. Off-grid. Built into the Badlands of North Dakota. @JEDunn just delivered one of the most ambitious construction projects in the country.

The @TRPresLibrary features mass timber systems, 40,000 sq. ft. of high-tech exhibit space and a th 140,000 native plantings. @thinkConfluence @snohetta @JLGArchitects

🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/fljg1p74ii

#ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionProjects #Sustainability
Aerial view of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library nestled in the Badlands of North Dakota, with its curved roof, a winding elevated walkway and surrounding buttes and grasslands beneath a partly cloudy skyA bronze statue of Theodore Roosevelt stands beside a large globe in an exhibit gallery, in front of a wall displaying the quote ‘For your children, your children’s children and for all who come after you,’ a bronze map of the United States and six bronze relief panels, flanked by long display tables.
Visitors explore an immersive exhibit room with a large projected illustration of a forest and a fox, painted wooden tree trunks with a green canopy overhead, and lit wooden cabinets displaying books and natural history specimens.The low, curved roofline of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library stretches across the North Dakota prairie, with wood-clad walls, glass openings and a covered passage through the center, seen through tall grass beneath a blue sky with scattered clouds.
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ABC National@ABCNational
Oct 21
Congratulations to ABC's Top Museum/Monuments/Parks Contractors!

Discover all of ABC's 2026 Top Performers, presented by @ConstructionMag: abc.org/topperformers abc.org/topperformers?…

#ABCMeritShopProud instagram.com/explore/tags/a…
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Oct 20
🏛️ What are construction’s most pressing surety questions of 2026?

🗣️ “The biggest threat to a contractor’s bonding program may not be a lack of work. It may be growing faster than the business can support,” says Carmon Wilson at @Nationwide Surety.

🔗 Hear more in our article: f.mtr.cool/rgr8p87xkz

#ConstructionIndustry #SuretyBonding #ConstructionLaw
Graphic of a person in an orange high-vis vest signing paperwork next to a laptop, headlined ‘Executive Insights 2026: Leaders in Surety Bonding.
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Oct 15
🏗️ Long-term talent strategies can’t be created as short-term fixes. Construction companies need to build internship programs from the ground up and scale them with intention.

🔗 Learn how: f.mtr.cool/j7m6ow6ahy

#ConstructionIndustry #WorkforceDevelopment #Recruitment
Graphic of a yellow hard hat, stacked books and a ribbon-tied diploma, headlined ‘The Blueprint for Future Talent: Building Internship Programs in the AEC Industry
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Oct 15
💻 Your construction business is using AI. But without the right technological foundations, all you have to show for it is the bill. @@Wipfli_Official 2026 survey finds foundational technology challenges still remain despite growing enthusiasm for AI.

🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/hv1dexfvuk

#ConstructionTech #AI #ConstructionIndustry
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Oct 14
📊 The Fed just raised interest rates for the first time since July 2023, but @ABCNational chief economist Anirban Basu is confident that the American economy is only getting stronger.

🔗 Get the full rundown: f.mtr.cool/umgt2zcz41

#ConstructionEconomy #ConstructionIndustry #EconomicOutlook
Graphic of tower cranes at a building under construction with financial chart overlays, headlined ‘It’s Going to Become More Competitive’: Anirban Basu on Construction Project Market in Q4
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Construction Executive@ConstructionMag
Oct 14
👷 The construction industry needs nearly half a million new workers by next year. Attracting more women is one of the best ways to fill the gap, but current tactics need to change.

🔗 Get more details: f.mtr.cool/53g6v3drdz

#ConstructionIndustry #WomenInConstruction #WorkforceDevelopment
Graphic of a smiling woman in a hard hat, safety glasses and high-vis vest holding a clipboard at a construction site with tower cranes, headlined ‘Attracting and Retaining Talent: How to Create a Workplace Where Women Can Thrive
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Oct 13
🦺 What’s the point of buying prescription safety glasses if your crew won’t wear them?
The reasons are specific, identifiable and cost less to fix than the glasses themselves.

🔗 See how contractors can back up their PPE spending: f.mtr.cool/wqijfg9g26

#ConstructionSafety PPE
Graphic with a white hard hat, safety glasses and work gloves on a teal background, headlined ‘The Safety Glasses the Contractor Paid for Are Still in the Truck.’
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Oct 8
📊 The pause in construction layoffs in August may signal a future net increase in overall staffing levels.

🗣️ "Just 99,000 construction workers were laid off in August—the fewest in any month since December 2000," says Anirban Basu, @ABCNational chief economist.

🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/dil4wubtp7

#ConstructionEconomy #ConstructionIndustry #EconomicOutlook
Table of construction job openings and labor turnover for August 2026. Job openings totaled 251,000, down from July but up 17.8% from a year earlier. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Associated Builders and Contractors.Line chart of the construction job openings rate and quits rate, August 2012 to August 2026. Job openings peaked near 5.6% in 2021 and ended at 2.9%, while quits stayed between 1.5% and 2.5%. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Associated Builders and Contractors.
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