

Why Meta is investing $115M in training construction workers—and what it reveals about America’s labor shortage
June 11, 2026
Meta’s $115 million construction training investment signals one thing: the labor shortage is permanent. For contractors, the question is simple—adapt your recruitment and retention strategy now, or lose workers to big tech.

What is clash detection in construction?
June 11, 2026
Clash detection software has one job: find conflicts between building systems before they become expensive field problems. Here’s how it works and why it matters.

A 12-story mass timber rental project just broke ground in Quebec—here’s what it signals for high-rise construction in Canada
June 11, 2026
A 12-story mass timber rental project just broke ground in Terrebonne, Quebec, and it’s doing several things at once that the Canadian construction industry hasn’t seen combined at this scale. Here’s what contractors should pay attention to.

Volvo vs Komatsu: who makes the better wheel loader?
June 10, 2026
Volvo and Komatsu both build serious wheel loaders, but they approach the job differently. Here’s how the L150H and WA470-8 stack up on power, efficiency, and day-to-day usability.

The National Geographic Museum of Exploration shows where construction is heading—here’s what that looks like on site
June 10, 2026
The National Geographic Museum of Exploration isn’t a standard civic build—it’s a glass pavilion stitched into three historic buildings on a zero-lot-line site in central D.C. Here’s what that actually demands from the crews building it.

Beauty in the grit: An interview with Carly Steiman
June 10, 2026
Through storytelling, community, and real-world experience, Carly Steiman is reshaping how the trades are seen—and who feels welcome in them.

A startup just launched 100 autonomous robots to learn physical tasks—here’s what it signals for construction and industrial sites
June 9, 2026
A Massachusetts startup just launched 100 autonomous robots to learn physical manipulation tasks, and the backing from AWS and NVIDIA signals this isn’t a science project. Here’s what it means for construction and industrial sites.

The construction industry isn’t short on jobs—it’s short on exposure
June 9, 2026
The construction industry doesn’t have a pipeline problem; it has an awareness problem. A new partnership between ABC Carolinas and Stiegler EdTech is trying to fix that before students have already made up their minds.
How low-cost asset tracking is changing equipment management on jobsites
June 8, 2026
Most telematics platforms track the big iron—but the smaller assets sitting idle, going missing, or getting stolen are costing contractors just as much. Cellular tracking is changing that.

Canadian contractors are adopting remote-controlled demolition tech—Brokk just put a 25-year veteran on the ground to support them
June 8, 2026
Remote-controlled demolition technology is gaining ground on Canadian jobsites—but having the machine is only half the equation. Brokk’s newest hire brings 25 years of hands-on experience to make sure operators actually know how to use it.



