Apr 14, 2022 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Matt Storey, Senior Project Manager Until recently, the luxury condo market seemed non-existent in Nashville. In fact, if you go back a few years further — Nashville was the city where people mostly lived in the suburbs and then drove into the city for work and...
Apr 7, 2022 | Industry Trends, Insights
By MC Mercer, Preconstruction Executive For those of us that live or work in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, it’s no secret that the metroplex is growing. Data shows DFW gained more than 1.3 million new residents in the last decade — ranking first among U.S. metro areas...
Mar 10, 2022 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Kacie Lynn James, Project Engineer By now, we’ve all heard the post-pandemic unemployment crisis referred to as a “shecession,” — more than half the people who lost their jobs in 2020 were women. In fact, just two major industries saw increases of women joining the...
Mar 3, 2022 | Industry Trends, Insights
By James Goree, Preconstruction Systems Analyst The US National Producer Price Index for January 2022, which includes data for all industries – not just construction, indicated an overall final demand cost increase of 9.7% from January last year. That’s the same rate...
Feb 22, 2022 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Turner Burton, President I’ve talked a lot about the pride I have felt watching our project teams, design partners, clients, and trade partners evolve and adapt during unprecedented challenges in our industry. Sky-high construction costs, historic lead times, and a...
Feb 17, 2022 | Industry Trends, Insights
By Chris Potter, Project Executive I’ve always thought higher education projects would be the perfect set up for a design build or design assist delivery method. On most projects, the budget target is known up front and it’s up to the design team and contractor to...
