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CONFINDEX Slips to Lowest Level Since Late 2012
Dec 03, 2018
Construction CFO confidence declined across the board during 2018’s fourth quarter.
State Surpluses a Boon for Infrastructure Spending
Nov 01, 2018
For decades, it was conventional wisdom that the nation’s infrastructure problems had to be solve...
Turning Numbers Into Insight: Enhance Your Influence & Credibility
Nov 01, 2018
As the economy strengthens, construction financial professionals have an exciting opportunity to ...
Confidence Remains Stable
Sep 01, 2018
Despite Rising Human Capital and Materials Costs
CFOs Express Comfort with Conditions
Jun 01, 2018
In recent years, a dominant pattern has been that construction industry leaders would enter the n...
Confidence Sags in Early 2018
Mar 01, 2018
Economic Expansion Cycle Continues
Make Infrastructure Great Again
Feb 01, 2018
Here’s the situation – America’s infrastructure is a disaster. Occasionally, this brutal reality ...
Changing the Perception of Construction Careers
Jan 01, 2018
To meet growing employment needs, it's time to shift the perception of construction careers as Ge...
CONFINDEX Unchanged: That’s Big News
Dec 01, 2017
Concern Grows Even as Economy Improves
The FAST Act - Year Three Approaches
Nov 01, 2017
On its 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) gave the U...
CFMA’s 2017 Construction Financial Benchmarker Executive Summary
Nov 01, 2017
CFMA and Industry Insights are pleased to present the Executive Summary from CFMA’s 2017 Construc...
Plastic is the New Paper: Leveraging Company Credit Cards
Sep 01, 2017
This past year, credit cards became the most preferred payment form.1
Upcoming Year
Sep 01, 2017
Will Be Solid but Outlook Fuzzier Beyond That
Stuck in the Slow Lane: American Infrastructure Spending Takes a Back Seat
Aug 01, 2017
U.S. infrastructure was once the envy of the world. The accelerated development of infrastructure...
Understanding Changing Skills & Requirements for Estimators
Jul 03, 2017
Estimating in construction once meant receiving a set of plans and sending back a dollar figure. ...
Trump Turmoil
Jun 01, 2017
Curbs Q2 Confidence
The FAST Act Is Working Slowly
May 01, 2017
The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), signed into law in late 2015, was the...
Making American Infrastructure Great Again
Mar 01, 2017
American infrastructure was once the envy of the world. The 19th century saw the development of t...
Trump Bump
Mar 01, 2017
Lifts Q1 CONFINDEX
A practical Guide to Understanding Retainage
Mar 01, 2017
Imagine you only pay 90% of the price of a shirt, wear it a few times, and then pay the balance a...
10 Pitfalls in Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Feb 01, 2017
You’ve heard the old adage: A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. This is part...