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Wanted: A Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Jun 20, 2022
A Hazy Shade of Worry
Highway Costs Accelerate: Worker Shortages & Materials Prices Are the Culprits
May 05, 2022
Construction materials prices have managed to do their best Chevy Corvette imitation, zooming awa...
Managing Your Supply Chain During Unprecedented Times
Mar 29, 2022
Companies continue to bear the brunt of massive commodity inflation, uncertain material lead time...
Compensation Trends
Mar 24, 2022
It’s been another interesting year in the world of construction compensation. According to PAS, I...
Construction Industry Remains Upbeat; CONFINDEX is 116
Mar 14, 2022
CFMA's Economist Anirban Basu reviews the CONFINDEX results after Q1 of 2022.
A Practical Guide for Construction Creditors in a Bankruptcy
Jan 25, 2022
As the structure of the U.S. economy changes in response to COVID-19, many bankruptcy filings are...
Inflation Nation
Dec 17, 2021
One item has dominated all others in recent discussion of the economy – inflation.
Construction Financial Professionals Remain Surprisingly Upbeat
Sep 17, 2021
Third-quarter 2021 results emerging from CFMA’s Confindex reveal surprisingly upbeat assessments ...
Powering the Future of Collaborative, Real-Time Cost Management
Aug 30, 2021
Sponsored Content: With construction projects and teams becoming more disconnected, the need for ...
Construction Financial Executives Become Even More Upbeat
Jun 21, 2021
For more than a year, significant parts of the economy have been in hibernation. Millions of job...
Shortage of Available Workers Slows Recovery
Jun 15, 2021
Much will depend on labor force growth in 2021.
State of the Construction Industry: Will Nonresidential Construction Rebound in 2021?
Apr 22, 2021
There are reasons for both optimism and pessimism regarding nonresidential construction’s prospec...
CONFINDEX Rebounds Like Never Before
Mar 24, 2021
Partial Recovery Plus Additional Stimulus Buoy Spirits. There are certainly many reasons for pess...
New Year, New President, Same Infrastructure Challenges
Mar 24, 2021
Making the case that American infrastructure is in crisis is a reasonably straightforward proposi...
Toward an Energized & Solvent Highway Trust Fund
Mar 24, 2021
Many years have come and gone since the federal government passed a transportation bill addressin...
Construction Cost Management: The Quiet Revolution
Mar 21, 2021
Sponsored Content: In construction the “bottom line” is comprised of a thousand moving targets. T...
Fresh Perspectives: Blockchain Technology Explained
Jan 22, 2021
Blockchain technology offers a new way to process and store transactions, eliminating a lot of ma...
New Corporate Performance Management Tools Can Add Value
Jan 22, 2021
When an economic sector is booming, companies line up at the door to supply goods and services. H...
4 Key Trends in 2021 to Maximize Profits
Jan 15, 2021
The past year has been a challenging one for the construction industry.
Near-Term Outlook is Not Upbeat, but Hope Springs Eternal
Dec 01, 2020
During the pandemic’s earlier phases, the U.S. construction industry represented a bulwark of rel...
The State of State & Local Government Finances
Nov 02, 2020
Fiscally, the biggest difference between the federal government and state/local governments is th...