
Co|Laboration at Its Finest: HITT's New Innovation Lab
By Ken Budd
August 8, 2025
A four-legged yellow robot named Spot walks across reddish-brown dirt at the jobsite for HITT Contracting’s new headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia. His narrow frame resembles a greyhound (though one without a head) and his flat back carries cartographic imaging equipment. Spo...

Executive Insights 2025: Leaders in Construction Accounting
By Construction Executive
August 1, 2025
What should contractors consider when choosing a new accounting firm?
Joseph Natarelli
National Construction Leader
CBIZ
The most important thing is first-hand industry experience. There are many unique facets of the industry that make experience invaluable, from applying the t...

Wildfires, Silica Exposures and ESG-Friendly Solutions
By David Rios
July 31, 2025
After a wildfire, the air is thick with smoke and the scent of burnt vegetation—remnants of a once vibrant landscape now reduced to charred earth. The rebuilding process includes assessing fire risks and implementing strategies to improve resilience against future wildfires. But ...

How Contractors Can Navigate Growth Amid Higher Costs and a Tight Labor Market
By Ben Johnston
July 30, 2025
Contractors today face a number of challenges: residual effects of ongoing inflation and elevated cost of capital due to a higher interest rate environment; the impact of tariffs driving up the cost of materials; and a tight labor market making it challenging to hire skilled work...

Construction Industry Mourns Passing of Mark Casso
By Construction Executive
July 24, 2025
Construction Executive, ABC and the construction industry at large mourn together the passing of Mark Casso, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend.
As president of the Construction Industry Round Table, a Washington-based association of U.S. and global design and co...

Contractor to Congress: ABC Safety System Demonstrates Cultural Transformation in Construction
By ABC
July 18, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 16—Kevin Sell, senior manager of corporate development at Kwest Group, Perrysburg, Ohio, testified on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the role that p...

Windsor Door Partners With Miracle League of Arkansas
By Construction Executive
July 17, 2025
Founded in the 1960s and now a third-generation-run company, Windsor Door has deep roots in its community. In 2023, it found new places to spread those roots and ways to strengthen its community: through inclusivity and sport.
Since 2000, Miracle League has been spreading love ...

Are You Overpromising on Your Construction Contracts? Here's How to Build With Transparency
By Michael Pink
July 10, 2025
We’ve all done it at one time or another—overpromising on the completion date of finishing a project, a report, a chore, virtually any type of commitment you can name. The reasons are almost limitless: starting too late, wanting to impress someone or appease their anger, or simpl...

New Names and Faces: June 2025
By Construction Executive
June 26, 2025
Burr & Forman Opens Offices in D.C. and Chicago
On June 2, Burr & Forman LLP announced the opening of its Washington, D.C., and Chicago, Illinois, offices and the expansion of its Government Contracts practice. The offices and practice will be helmed by leading government contra...

It’s All Relative: The Importance of Building and Maintaining Relationships in Construction
By Chad Prinkey
June 20, 2025
Is construction still a relationship business? According to top executives in the field, absolutely.
At ABC’s Regional Construction Summit in March, construction executives from across the DC/Baltimore metropolitan region came together to discuss the ideal partnership between ge...
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