As the construction industry continued its ongoing recovery from the global pandemic in 2022, it also faced a number of formidable challenges—including staffing gaps, materials shortages, supply chain delays and the ongoing specter of inflation. Throughout the year, ENR editors reported on how these issues—and many more—were impacting sector firms and how they were responding.
Through the course of the year, many other news events and developments drew significant attention of ENR editors and readers. Industry optimism from ramped up funding in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as well as passage of legislation during 2022 that is set to provide billions of dollars for semiconductor and other advanced manufacturing, clean energy upgtades and climate change mitigation generated significant reporting on how numerous resulting projects will mow move forward.
