Texas subcontractor MAREK Bros. visited this year’s INTEX Expo. The successful contractor is featured on W&C’s April 2022 cover and in the issue.

The 14th Annual Walter F. Pruter Project of the Year Awards recognizes projects that exemplify the union construction work of the Western Wall & Ceiling Contractors Association contractor members and their partners.

Galvanic corrosion is seen in almost every structure, including commercial facades. How can you avoid it?

Dittemore Insulation Contractors Inc. specializes in commercial insulation from its home-base of Anaheim, Calif. The company has multiple divisions that cover the following: state and federal public works, K-12 and higher education, healthcare/hospital, tenant improvement, and high-rises.

The 2022 Florida Wall & Ceiling Contractors Association will hold its Southeastern Wall & Ceiling Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando, Fla., July 6-9. This year’s show will feature approximately 100 exhibits from throughout the nation with many new as well as returning exhibitors.

The homebuilding sector is hiring more workers and increasing wages — and that could mean more affordable housing is on the way.

There’s an old adage that says, “women can do anything men can do,” and for the 1.2 million U.S. women currently employed in the male-dominated world of construction, that statement couldn’t be any more true. And why wouldn’t women want to work in construction—a career that offers competitive salaries and benefits, opportunities to advance, and a wide range of roles and responsibilities.

On Feb. 4, President Biden signed an executive order that will make the federal government require project labor agreements before awarding contracts at least $35 million or more.

In one iconic Joni Mitchell hit, paradise was paved and turned into a parking lot. Recently, in Cincinnati, the reverse occurred, when a parking lot was torn up and turned into – well, maybe not paradise, but at least a very handsome apartment building that some are crediting with helping to transform a previously underutilized area of the city. 

According to the Associated Builders and Contractors Confidence Index, that is the reality construction company owners face today.