ABC's Construction Executive magazine covers business and technology topics for U.S. commercial, industrial and specialty contractors.

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Joined September 2009
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🏗️ The most practical solution to construction’s talent gap isn’t finding more people. It’s making the most of the people you already have. When competing for top talent drives up labor costs, upskilling workers already on the payroll becomes the smartest move. 🔗 Learn how: f.mtr.cool/13dwugosck #ConstructionIndustry #WorkforceDevelopment #SkilledTrades
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🏗️ A near-collapse at the former Pfizer headquarters in New York. What can the construction industry learn before the next one becomes a catastrophe? On July 7, 2026, structural steel columns buckled on the 21st floor of an adaptive-reuse project at 235 E. 42nd St., prompting a stop-work order from New York City.  🔗 See what field experts say: f.mtr.cool/ugrcw77iid #ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionSafety #AdaptiveReuse
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🏛️ The 2026 midterms are weeks away. Voters’ concerns about costs are reshaping congressional races and putting tax and data center policy in the spotlight. 🔗 Learn more about the potential impacts on the construction industry: f.mtr.cool/zl9jtxjse1 #ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionPolicy #Midterms
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🏗️ A $450 million presidential library. Off-grid. Built into the Badlands of North Dakota. @JEDunn just delivered one of the most ambitious construction projects in the country. The @TRPresLibrary features mass timber systems, 40,000 sq. ft. of high-tech exhibit space and a walkable living roof with 140,000 native plantings. @thinkConfluence @snohetta @JLGArchitects 🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/fljg1p74ii #ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionProjects #Sustainability
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🏛️ What are construction’s most pressing surety questions of 2026? 🗣️ “The biggest threat to a contractor’s bonding program may not be a lack of work. It may be growing faster than the business can support,” says Carmon Wilson at @Nationwide Surety. 🔗 Hear more in our article: f.mtr.cool/rgr8p87xkz #ConstructionIndustry #SuretyBonding #ConstructionLaw
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🏗️ Long-term talent strategies can’t be created as short-term fixes. Construction companies need to build internship programs from the ground up and scale them with intention. 🔗 Learn how: f.mtr.cool/j7m6ow6ahy #ConstructionIndustry #WorkforceDevelopment #Recruitment
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💻 Your construction business is using AI. But without the right technological foundations, all you have to show for it is the bill. @@Wipfli_Official 2026 survey finds foundational technology challenges still remain despite growing enthusiasm for AI. 🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/hv1dexfvuk #ConstructionTech #AI #ConstructionIndustry
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📊 The Fed just raised interest rates for the first time since July 2023, but @ABCNational chief economist Anirban Basu is confident that the American economy is only getting stronger. 🔗 Get the full rundown: f.mtr.cool/umgt2zcz41 #ConstructionEconomy #ConstructionIndustry #EconomicOutlook
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👷 The construction industry needs nearly half a million new workers by next year. Attracting more women is one of the best ways to fill the gap, but current tactics need to change. 🔗 Get more details: f.mtr.cool/53g6v3drdz #ConstructionIndustry #WomenInConstruction #WorkforceDevelopment
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🦺 What’s the point of buying prescription safety glasses if your crew won’t wear them? The reasons are specific, identifiable and cost less to fix than the glasses themselves. 🔗 See how contractors can back up their PPE spending: f.mtr.cool/wqijfg9g26 #ConstructionSafety #ConstructionIndustry #PPE
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📊 The pause in construction layoffs in August may signal a future net increase in overall staffing levels. 🗣️ "Just 99,000 construction workers were laid off in August—the fewest in any month since December 2000," says Anirban Basu, @ABCNational chief economist. 🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/dil4wubtp7 #ConstructionEconomy #ConstructionIndustry #EconomicOutlook
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🏗️ @WEO_Built's historic renovation of the $164 million @BallysBR Casino and Hotel merged two 1880s-era riverfront facilities into a 232,000-square-foot destination with 800 slot machines, 22 live table games, a @DraftKings Sportsbook and more. 🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/27ul084his #ConstructionIndustry #ConstructionProjects #HistoricPreservation
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🧠 In 2023, more construction professionals died by suicide than from workplace accidents. Organizations like @ABCNational, CURT and @gaylorelectric have begun taking action and partnering with groups like Workforce Chaplains to prioritize mental health and suicide prevention in company culture. 🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/kt554gt695 #ConstructionIndustry #MentalHealth #ConstructionSafety
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🧠 "Don't complain, everyone is tired." "Being screamed at is part of learning." "Personal problems stay at home." These inherited construction workplace norms can affect mental health and, in some cases, suicide risk. Regardless of intent, what leaders pass down shapes the workplace every day. 🔗 Learn how construction leaders can forge a new path to suicide prevention: f.mtr.cool/btyeq82wvy
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⚖️ Documentation doesn't just support your case in a construction dispute. The lack of it can become the case against you. On large, complex projects, the absence of records showing why something was or was not done can be used as evidence against contractors. 🔗 Learn more: f.mtr.cool/yasddyl3hx #ConstructionLaw #ConstructionIndustry #RiskManagement
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📊 What if multiskilled crews could cut construction completion time by 30%? New research from the Simplar Foundation suggests they can. 🔗 Learn more about the benefits of multiskilled crews @ABCNational: f.mtr.cool/dxg545v13c #ConstructionIndustry #WorkforceDevelopment #SkilledTrades
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🗣️ "A few years ago, getting mental health onto a construction agenda at all could be a real challenge. Now we're seeing contractors run stand-downs, train foremen and bring mental health conversations directly to their crews. That's a meaningful shift," says Stephanie Lemek, founder and CEO of The Wounded Workforce. 🔗 Learn more in our interview with Lemek: f.mtr.cool/lpqtd6vtfp #ConstructionIndustry #MentalHealth #ConstructionSafety
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🏗️ Hiring more people into a business that doesn't know how to develop them is not a workforce strategy. It's a revolving door. The best companies build capable, accountable leaders before they desperately need them. 🔗 Learn how with insight from Joanna Tomczyk, business leader, keynote speaker and independent consultant: f.mtr.cool/4ftby9joga #ConstructionIndustry #WorkforceDevelopment #ConstructionLeadership
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