Tag: labor shortages

March 24, 2023

Texas is a hot market for Minneapolis-headquartered Adolfson & Peterson Construction, and the general contractor is primed to take advantage of it. A&P recently tapped Tommy Meserole as director of preconstruction for central Texas. Based in Austin, Meserole brings more […]

June 1, 2022

Flood noted that his firm’s data center clients still want to build. “They said that they have never been building at this pace, and that pace going forward is only going to increase,” Flood said. But the triple threat of […]

January 25, 2022

Construction Dive is taking a look at five of the country’s hottest construction verticals heading into 2022, specifically warehouses, data centers, ports, life sciences facilities and infrastructure projects. All affected in some way by the challenges of COVID-19, supply chain […]

July 12, 2021

California and the Northwest’s top contractors reported steady gains in regional revenue in 2020—despite setbacks due to COVID-19 and the year’s unprecedented wildfires—thanks to solid backlogs and continued strength in the government and multifamily sectors. Looking ahead, contractors expect continued […]

September 3, 2020

The results of the survey, which polled more than 2,000 firms between August 4 and 26, underlined the downtrodden outlook at many construction firms, which have seen their backlog of work diminish among a dearth of new project opportunities. They’ve […]

June 10, 2019

The industry’s drive toward jobsite automation continues apace, with leading contractors test robots and GPS systems to supplement their equipment for greater jobsite efficiency at a time when these companies struggle with labor shortages. In a recent report, Tractica, a […]