Material price escalation and labor issues overshadow an otherwise resilient construction pipeline...
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Bouygues UK made a pre-tax loss of more than £30m last year...
Scotland’s Blackwood Plant Hire has added 51 JCB machines to its fleet...
Liverpool-based building services contractor HE Simm has filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators...
The Association for Project Management has found that the use of artificial intelligence has absolutely exploded in just the past two years...
New single living accommodation (SLA) for the army is now under construction at Thorney Island in Hampshire...
US housing market reaches record $55.1 trillion
Last Week In A Nutshell Weak labor market data indicates that the economy is at risk of a recession, meaning the Fed needs to start cutting rates next week. But the bottom hasn’t fallen out of the economy yet, so the Fed can afford to take it slow...
The Black homeownership rate fell to 43.9% in the second quarter, while the Hispanic homeownership rate ticked up slightly. The drop in the Black homeownership rate may be tied to the rising Black unemployment rate, which sits at 7.2%—the highest level since 2021. The Black homeownership rate fell to 43.9% in the second quarter—the lowest
Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) reported a robust financial performance for its fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 with net sales reaching $84.4 billion, an 8% increase from $78.2 billion last year...