Construction Costs

HUD’s 24-month mass timber modular project goes after the cost driver: shipping the modules

A HUD-funded Washington State University project is treating transport hardware as part of the structure, a direct response to modular’s logistics cost curve.

DOE's Advanced Building Construction Initiative targets construction's productivity gap

The DOE's ABC Initiative is pushing off-site manufacturing and digitization to cut construction costs and accelerate energy-efficient retrofits across 125M U.S.

Data center demand and rising costs define commercial construction in early 2026

CBIZ's Q1 2026 Commercial Construction Index points to surging data center work, stubborn labor shortages, and climbing material prices as the quarter's definin

Construction costs surged in May at fastest annual rate since pandemic

Construction costs climbed at their steepest annual pace since the pandemic in May, squeezing contractors caught between rising materials prices and softening b

Construction industry signals mixed: jobs rise, spending splits and labor shortage costs mount

Nonresidential construction added 15,700 jobs in May and job openings rose by 25,000 in April, even as private spending fell and labor costs stayed hidden.