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ENR’s Contractor Business Strategy (CBS) contains stories on contractor-business-focused topics, including project delivery, virtual building, new preconstruction techniques, successful safety programs and initiatives, education and training, labor issues, collaborative partnerships, risk management and new materials and processes.

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Companies

Australia Giant Lendlease Sells US, UK Assets—With One Deal Done

Firm will refocus on home market, ending US operations under way since 1979
Jeff Yoders
Jeff Yoders
May 28, 2024
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Developer-contractor exits U.S. markets after 45 years to refocus operations in home country. 


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Construction Economics

Federal Spend Keeps Contractors Optimistic for 2023 Growth, Says AGC

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James Leggate
January 4, 2023
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An annual outlook released by the Associated General Contractors of America shows construction firms are bullish on growth in most sectors, but not retail, office and lodging.


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Legal

Ariz. Contractor Faces Big Fines Over Alleged Worker Pay Infractions

Jim Parsons
June 7, 2022
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A federal judge has ordered a plastering and stucco firm to rectify longstanding recordkeeping violations or face weekly coercive fines of up to $10,000.


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Legal

Whistleblower Contractor Exposes Competitor's Alleged DBE Fraud

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James Leggate
March 18, 2022
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An Illinois steel and rebar contractor agreed to a settlement after the government intervened in the case.


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Contractor Business Strategy

Contracting Firms Seek to Improve Work-Life Balance

Jim Parsons
March 16, 2022
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After two years of coping with lockdowns, social distancing, teleconference learning curves and virus variants, construction and design firms find themselves adapting to yet another pandemic-related challenge—safely returning employees to the office while accommodating a newfound appreciation and desire for the benefits of working remotely.


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Infrastructure Spending

Biden Signs $1.5T Omnibus Spending Bill, With Good News for Highways

New spending package unlocks some IIJA funds that were previously held up
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Tom Ichniowski
March 15, 2022
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New law boosts 2022 funds for many, not all, construction programs.


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Workforce

Labor Dept. Gears Up To Revamp Davis-Bacon Act

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Pam McFarland
March 14, 2022
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Proposed changes would be the first major revisions to the law in about 40 years.


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Labor Unions

Carpenters Union in Southwest Elects Its First Hispanic Leader

Doug Puppel
March 9, 2022
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Rodriguez credits his father, an immigrant who arrived in the U.S. undocumented and worked as a union laborer, for encouraging him to become a carpenter.


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Equipment

Bobcat Introduces All-Electric Compact Track Loader, Sees Future in EVs

Jeff Rubenstone
Jeff Rubenstone
March 4, 2022
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The new T7X model eliminates the diesel engine and the entire hydraulics system, pointing the way toward a future of fully electrified heavy equipment.


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Construction Economics

Contractors' 2022 Outlook Turns Positive Despite Challenges, AGC Survey Shows

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James Leggate
January 12, 2022
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Associated General Contractors latest outlook is more positive for this year across most building segments.


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