Innovative, technology-driven communities are being designed and constructed for the next generation—and beyond.

Social media are transforming the way firms communicate with the public and the construction industry and how they recruit new talent.

A contractor’s risk of being assessed liquidated damages for delayed performance looms large on any public or private contract.

“Hard Hatted Woman,” the first feature-length documentary about construction tradeswomen on jobsites, is closer to completion, with recent donations of $25,000 each from contractors Turner Construction, Dragados USA Inc. and Structure Tone, says its director-producer Lorien Barlow.

Engineers and contractors pride themselves on being problem solvers, often balancing disparate, competing constraints.