It’s been five years since the financial crisis and crippling recession froze new construction in its tracks. Today, the U.S. economy continues to mend in a patchwork fashion, producing confidence ...

In November, Rental asked construction industry economists to weigh in on what to expect in 2014. Among key areas of concern are construction activity, unemployment, raw material costs, and the ...

While the rest of the country struggled to recover from the recession, the economy in Texas has been on fire. Thanks to a boom in horizontal drilling and fracking, the state's oil output has more than ...