Construction job openings were slow to begin the year

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction job openings slowed to begin 2026, with the industry counting 231,000 open positions on the last day of January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That represented a month-to-month drop of 14,000 open […]

How Profit Is Lost Before a Construction Project Even Starts

You just won the bid. The numbers look good. The margin is there. Everyone in the office feels confident about this one. Three months later, your superintendent is calling. The job is bleeding money. The crew is burning hours trying to figure out what the estimator actually meant. Scope that looked clean on paper is […]

Trends in AI and Estimating

With more than 2.9 million square feet of exhibits and thousands of contractors walking the halls in Las Vegas, the STACK team spent the week talking with estimators, project managers, and business owners about how they’re approaching takeoff, estimating, and preconstruction.  From conversations at the booth to live demos of STACK, a few clear themes […]