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Hiring Gen Z for Mission-Critical Construction Teams Data center construction is expanding fast. Pipelines are full. Owners want certainty. Schedules are tight. At the same time, experienced leadership across the industry continues to thin out as retirements accelerate. That reality is forcing contractors to rely more heavily on early-career professionals. Generation Z [...]

Power Is the New Gatekeeper in Construction Projects The construction industry is in a strong cycle. Manufacturing reshoring continues. Data center demand tied to artificial intelligence keeps expanding. General contractors, specialty contractors, and developers are looking at backlogs that stretch years into the future. The work is real, and the pipeline is [...]

Cost Pressure: Where Labor Beats Materials in Data Center Bids The construction landscape is shifting in a productive direction. For years, bid rooms revolved around commodities. Steel swings. Copper spikes. Long lead times on cooling units and switchgear. General contractors became procurement experts, protecting margin through logistics and timing. That discipline remains. [...]

Interviewing Construction Leaders? Ask These 9 First Most hiring misses in construction are not technical. They are leadership misses. The candidate can talk drawings. They can list project size. They can name software. Then the job turns and you find out what you actually hired. Every job turns. Weather hits. Lead times [...]

2026 Backlog Strength vs. Early Margin Slippage The construction industry enters 2026 with record nonresidential starts, 7–9 month average backlogs, and strong demand across data center projects, healthcare facilities, and advanced manufacturing. Contractors have secured work. The question is whether they can execute it profitably. For most contractors in 2026, margin loss [...]

Data Center Mega Projects: Distinguishing Real Backlog From PR Noise If you work in commercial construction today, you already see where capital is flowing. Data center projects are showing up across more markets, at larger scales, and with longer planning horizons. This is not speculation. Demand for computing capacity continues to expand [...]

Commercial Construction Is Slowing — Except Where Money Is Moving If you read the headlines in the general business press, it sounds like the construction industry is heading into a broad slowdown. Interest rates remain elevated. Credit is tighter. Office leasing is soft in many markets. Deals that penciled two years ago [...]