New home sales pace slipped in Feb., but no one seems worried

The industry seems to be taking the 4.6% pull-back from January's housing pace as a return to normal.

By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013

Architects' business up as billings index hits 5½-year high

Any stutter-step in the recovery of the construction industry is not showing up in the architecture world.

By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013

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Construction Dive editors curate some of the industry’s top stories from this year.

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Architects dream up safe, green and cheap portable classrooms in Portland

An effort by architects, engineers, educators and Portland State University faculty and students built a better design for low-cost classrooms.

By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013

Case-Shiller numbers show best gain since housing collapse

The widely-known Case-Shiller 20-city price index for January 2013 was up 7.9% over January 2012.

By Ron Gallagher • March 26, 2013

Builders say labor shortages holding up construction, raising prices

The National Association of Home Builders reports that a survey of its members found more than half had to bid up labor payments to get projects done.

By Ron Gallagher • March 24, 2013

Plywood makers scrambling to catch up with booming demand

For signs that there really is a recovery, just take a look at the nation's two plywood giants – Georgia-Pacific and Boise Cascade.

By Ron Gallagher • March 24, 2013

Latest numbers show dip in non-residential construction

February construction spending, calculated as an annual rate, was down 7% from January to February due to nonresidential buildings and non-building work.

By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2013

Existing home sales rise 0.8% in Feb., 10.2% over last year's pace

Sales of existing homes rose for the 20th month in a row.

By Ron Gallagher • March 21, 2013

Most Read Construction News of the Week: Crane mayhem and wind valves

Catch up on the hottest construction news of the week with our most popular reads.

By Brian Warmoth • March 21, 2013

Nonresidential construction costs up 3.4% from 2012

Turner Construction looks at national information to come up with its quarterly assessment of what it is costing to put up new buildings.

By Ron Gallagher • March 21, 2013

Contractors add 48K workers in Feb., best gain in long time

The construction industry's biggest one-month employment gain in almost six years came in February, and now everyone waits on Washington.

By Ron Gallagher • March 20, 2013

New LEED guide targets efficiency in historic buildings

A newly released guide from the U.S. Green Building Council looks at how energy and water efficiency can be brought to historic buildings.

By Ron Gallagher • March 19, 2013

Single-family home building hits best pace since 2008

The production of new housing rose from January to February, and the single-family component reached an annualized rate not seen since mid-2008.

By Ron Gallagher • March 19, 2013

American dream for homeownership staying strong

JP Chase Morgan's mortgage subsidiary surveyed the potential market and reports that desire for homeownership is growing along with the recovery.

By Ron Gallagher • March 18, 2013

Latest builder confidence report takes a step back

Home-builders' confidence, as measured by the monthly National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), has hit bumps on the road to recovery.

By Ron Gallagher • March 18, 2013

Is the D.C. apartment building bubble about to pop?

The federal government's sequester spending cuts may impede Washington's "recession-proof" apartment boom.

By Ron Gallagher • March 18, 2013

Why home builders should care about college students' debt

The Consumer Financial Protection Board sees a clear link between the two: mortgages.

By Ron Gallagher • March 17, 2013

Missouri bumps up sales tax to fund road construction

Everyone is concerned that traditional funding sources for highway and other projects are shrinking in the face of rising fuel economy, and the Missouri Senate has backed a penny sales tax rise.

By Ron Gallagher • March 17, 2013

McGraw-Hill Construction Receives Six Neal Awards

McGraw-Hill Construction's Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record (ENR), and GreenSource received six Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards from American Business Media at its 59th annual awards luncheon in New York City. Hailed as "the Pulitzer Prize of business journalism," t...

March 15, 2013

Most Read Construction News of the Week: A green Walgreens and federal funds

Here's your weekly short and snappy briefing on our most popular news reads of the last few days.

By Brian Warmoth • March 14, 2013

Wells Fargo subsidiary bullish on construction in 2013

The bank's subsidiary that finances contractors' purchases has an Optimism Quotient that is in positive territory this year.

By Ron Gallagher • March 14, 2013

Jan. boost in highway construction may not pave way for turnaround

Highway construction put in place rose 4% in January from 2012, but the industry is still smarting from a annual decline of 4% for all of 2012.

By Ron Gallagher • March 14, 2013

Report: Green buildings can make more money for real estate investors

The World Green Building Council lays out reasons it believes sustainable, efficient buildings make for better real estate investments.

By Ron Gallagher • March 14, 2013

Feb. materials price increase steepest in almost two years

Soft lumber prices stood 27% above February 2012, offsetting some commodities that were down over the last 12 months, for a 1.3% overall rise.

By Ron Gallagher • March 14, 2013

Recovering economy gives contractors hope — but is it just an illusion?

At AGC's annual meeting, words of encouragement were accompanied by words of caution.

By Ron Gallagher • March 13, 2013