Total recordable injury rates have no connection to fatalities, according to a recent study of the statistic—and the death of laborer Mason Mack Harris may be a tragic example.

Former CFO Catherine Hunt Ryan will run unit, with target construction markets that include semiconductors, electric vehicles and data centers.

With an unprecedented amount of federal aid anticipated for highway, bridge and transit projects, the transportation industry is also starting to move further toward progressive design-build.

With first-quarter construction starts trending above 2021 activity, the industry’s need to attract and retain talent is on the rise as well.<

Contractors hoped a return to a pre-pandemic materials supply free of logistics bottlenecks would come in early 2022, but then Russia invaded Ukraine.

The construction equipment sector is still working through supply chain issues that bedeviled it in 2021, while an active construction market ikeeps machines in use longer and constrains the flow of used iron into the normal secondary channels.

ENR’s Construction Industry Confidence Index remained steady in Q1, rising slightly to a rating of 61, a one-point bump from the final quarter of 2021. The index had fallen the previous two quarters. 

As the height of the pandemic continues to recede, contractors still face several ongoing issues, including sky-high materials prices and staff shortages.