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Circular Construction and Its Benefits

Job Order Contracting

The benefits of circular construction and a consistently applied programmatic approach to all repair, renovation, maintenance, and new build projects include a significant reduction in financial and environmental waste. Construction includes new builds, rebuild, renovation, or maintenance activities. What is circular procurement?

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Mass Timber Buildings: Sustainable Path to Net Zero Goals

CCR Magazine

Whether they are leaning on public-private partnership (P3) or traditional delivery methods, owners and developers are recognizing the benefits of wood as a versatile, sustainable, and structurally efficient feature for their projects. “Mass timber offers cost and value considerations that developers and clients see as benefits.

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ENR Midwest 2025 Top Contractors: Regional Firms Adapt to Stay Ahead of Shifting Landscape

ENR Construction

We’re also seeing clients place greater emphasis on sustainable construction, efficiency, prefabrication and modular construction—areas where we’ve made significant progress,” says Michael C. Mortenson is constructing the Abbott Northwestern Richard M. Mortenson is constructing the Abbott Northwestern Richard M.

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Efficient Home Construction: Optimizing Rim Transport Frames

CCR Magazine

Learn how to incorporate prefabrication and modular design for efficiency. This requires paying close attention to the specifications of these frames and how they affect different construction phases. Incorporating Prefabrication Methods Prefabrication is changing how we build things, and it also helps improve rim transport frames.

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Local Connection Key to Realizing Robust Housing

ENR Construction

Photo courtesy of Sundt Construction June 16, 2025 Maximize beds. After two years of construction, the project—Hinarr Hu Moulik East & West Student Housing at St. In terms of community amenities, we’re lean, but not spartan. Poirier The 964-bed student housing project in Arcata, Calif., 18 column reinforcing.

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A Perfect Storm of Challenges: State of the Concrete Industry

For Construction Pros

administration have created uncertainty in the private construction sector. While infrastructure and data center work are booming, sectors like office and residential construction have cooled, creating uneven pipelines. Construction employment grew 1.7 Prefabrication is also gaining traction to reduce on-site labor needs.

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Cal Poly Humboldt's Vision for Realizing Robust Housing

ENR Construction

Photo courtesy of Sundt Construction June 16, 2025 Maximize beds. After two years of construction, the project—Hinarr Hu Moulik East & West Student Housing at St. In terms of community amenities, we’re lean, but not spartan. Poirier The 964-bed student housing project in Arcata, Calif., 18 column reinforcing.