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Byline: Richard Mize, The Oklahoman OKLAHOMA CITY - Could 3D-printed homes provide affordable housing in Oklahoma? Democratic state Rep. Mickey Dollens thinks they could. 'Oklahoma is facing an affordable housing [...]

Canada's GDP is expected to remain unchanged in July 2024, as increases in finance and insurance and retail trade were offset by decreases in the construction, mining, quarrying, and oil [...]

The proposed 700 kilometer Lagos Calabar coastal highway has been described as a major economic enhancer that will change the economic landscape of the country. This is why critical stakeholders [...]

Meppen: Meppen, Germany has issued the following news release: In the new development area in the Am Stadtforst area, the city of Meppen is currently building two multi-family houses with [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen: U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced legislation to bolster the housing construction workforce as a way to […]

The annual rate of inflation in the cost of commercial construction has fallen to 3%, with the rate of increase levelling off over the last six months, a new report [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Date: Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Add to my Calendar Time: 10:00 AM [...]

Work has begun to build 110 affordable homes in Poole. Thanks to a partnership between BCP Council and Wates Residential Construction Ltd. the Hillbourne housing development will provide 40 two-bedroom [...]

Construction work has started on 110 sustainable and affordable homes, thanks to partnership working between Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council and Wates Residential Construction Ltd. Hillbourne housing development in [...]

London: BCP Council, UK Government has issued the following news release: Construction work has started on 110 sustainable and affordable homes, thanks to partnership working between Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole [...]

After years of unprecedented accelerated growth, residential construction costs have stabilised, but remain elevated, CoreLogics Cordell Construction Cost Index (CCCI) shows. The Q2 2024 national CCCI, which tracks the cost [...]

Hamburg: Hamburg, Germany has issued the following news release: For decades, building communities have been a successful way of creating affordable housing together with other people in Hamburg. Despite the [...]

Byline: Matt Bell Jul 07, 2024 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Arcadis executive Matthew Mackey says labour costs in the construction sector have risen significantly over the last [...]

Nairobi -- The Kenyan economy slowed by 0.5 percent to 5 percent in quarter one of this year, weighed down by decelerating growth in the construction as well as transportation [...]

Bratislava, June 27 (CTK correspondent) - The overall economic sentiment of businesses and consumers in Slovakia improved and rose in June to its highest level in the past two years, [...]

Byline: Hilary Dorsey The Portland City Council on Wednesday accepted a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) increase for the Bull Run filtration project and another for the Bull Run pipelines project. [...]

Byline: Robert Gottliebsen May 07, 2024 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The lower productivity and higher businesse costs arising from the federal government's industrial relations reforms will need [...]

KATHMANDU, April 30, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Nepal's economy is projected to grow by 3.87 percent in the current 2023-24 fiscal year ending in mid-July, the National Statistics Office [...]

BANGKOK, April 19, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Thailand's residential construction costs rose 2.3 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter of 2024 due to higher prices, mostly [...]

Sustainable construction and cost reductions a tension? Under this motto, Bavaria's Construction Minister Christian Bernreiter invited experts from politics, science and practice to a parliamentary evening at the Bavarian representation [...]

Legal & General Affordable Homes (LGAH) is building its first net zero homes. The development includes 35 homes for Shared Ownership and 9 for affordable rent. The site is located [...]

LONDON, UK -- The following information was released by the Federation of Master Builders (UK): The 1.9% fall in construction output, as reported in the Office for National Statistics (ONS) [...]

On Tuesday, Minister for Works, Senator David Umahi, faulted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for his criticism of the cost of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project. Umahi described Atikus [...]

Byline: Nassim Khadem Apr 04, 2024 (abc.net.au - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Figures from ASIC show that there were 1,987 insolvencies in the building industry in the current financial year [...]

NEW YORK, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Richard Petretti, a recognized estimating and cost analysis leader in the construction industry, has joined Schimenti as Director of Estimating. Bringing over 20 [...]

Bangladesh, March 10 -- In the throes of geopolitical turbulence and economic adversity, a burgeoning exodus of Indian laborers is unfolding, driven by a fervent pursuit of escape from debt [...]

Byline: Tod Stephens Jan. 25First Story, a Bend, Oregon-based non-profit, announced a goal to build a minimum of one affordable home every year in the greater Spokane region. The organization [...]

China Railway Construction Holding Co., Ltd. conducted a first-quarter economic performance analysis meeting in Beijing, focusing on key indicators like contract conversion rate and gross profit rate. The company emphasized [...]

Automated building systems offer a great potential for reducing the energy consumption of properties. Studies on such systems show that optimized solutions can reduce the energy requirements of buildings by [...]

With support from the Province, a B.C. clean-technology company is making a dent in the cost of heating and cooling buildings, cars and marine vessels with a new smart-window technology [...]

Consultant Turner & Townsend is urging its clients to start proactively planning for a resurgence in construction activity after revising up its inflation forecasts. It argues for investment decisions to [...]

The annual increase in construction costs, consequently, quickened from 67.31 percent to 67.87 percent, TK said on March 13. Labor costs in the construction sector surged nearly 42 percent month-on-month [...]

2024 brings optimism for the construction sector with a shift from a hard market cycle. Global infrastructure construction output is projected to grow at 5.2% annually. Inflation and interest rate [...]