Outlook & Trends Archives

Data Centers are the Hottest Market in Construction. But are They Your Market?0

by David Morton, Maxim Consulting Group Every subcontractor in America is hearing some version of the same advice right now, “Get into mission critical!” The pull is real, and the numbers back it up. In the 2026 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook from AGC and Sage, 65 percent of contractors expect the data center

Risk Multiplier or Mitigator? What AI Adoption Tells Sureties About Contractor Maturity 0

By Carl Oliveri, Grassi The construction industry is embracing AI with no shortage of enthusiasm. Yet for all the excitement, adoption is outpacing execution. A 2025 global survey of more than 2,200 construction professionals by RICS found that firms planning to increase Artificial Intelligence (AI) investment outnumber those actively using it by more than 2

Marketing Should Reduce Stress, Not Create It: A Better Growth Model for Subcontractors 0
- Outlook & Trends, Sales & Marketing
- October 5, 2026
By Valerie Jimenez, Bold Entity I’ve spent the last decade working with subcontractors and GCs, and I keep seeing the same problem: It’s not that these companies don’t care about marketing. It’s that their structure and culture often make it incredibly difficult for internal marketing to succeed. The result is frustration for everyone and, for
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Construction Subcontractors Need AI Guardrails That Protect Margins and Field Judgment 0
- Improving Productivity, Outlook & Trends, Risk Management
- September 1, 2026
By Gleb Tsipursky, Disaster Avoidance Experts Construction subcontractors face a practical AI problem that differs sharply from the one described in most corporate technology advice. A specialty contractor cannot measure success by how many emails, summaries, or estimates an AI tool produces. The work succeeds when a bid reflects the actual scope, a submittal matches
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Mental Health Is a Leadership Imperative in Construction 0
- Best Practices, HEALTH, Improving Productivity, Leadership, Outlook & Trends
- September 1, 2026
George Nash, Maxim Consulting Group In 2023, there were 982 work-related fatalities in the construction industry. During that same period, an estimated 5,095 construction professionals died by suicide. While our industry has made tremendous progress in improving physical safety, these numbers make one thing clear: protecting our people requires more than hard hats, PPE, and
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