Data centers, infrastructure prop up construction backlog

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction backlog held at 8.5 months in September, unchanged from August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors survey conducted Sept. 22 to Oct. 6. Over the past 12 months, only infrastructure construction has added […]

Port infrastructure has made progress. It shouldn’t stop now.

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Tom Smith is the executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Cary Davis is president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities. Opinions are the authors’ own. As the U.S. negotiates trade agreements […]

Average apartment construction time fell in 2024

Dive Brief: The time it took to build the average apartment property in 2024 was 19.6 months, about 0.3 months less than the year before, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ analysis of the 2024 Survey of Construction from the Census Bureau. The Northeast posted the longest construction timeline at 23.4 months. The […]