Articles Tagged with ''construction spending''

The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index® (ABI) score was 47.3 for June.

The nonresidential construction market continued to face headwinds during the first five months of 2026 as spending fell 7 percent in nominal dollars compared to the same period a year earlier.

Business conditions at architecture firms weakened further in May. The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) declined to its lowest level since January, with a score of 44.5.

The American Cement Association’s (ACA) Market Intelligence team has released its Spring Forecast for the industry, revising its growth rate expectations for 2026, and projecting that cement consumption will decline by 2.5%.

The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for November was 45.3, marking the 13th consecutive month of declining billings at architecture firms, and the 35th month of a score below 50 out of the last 38.

Hays Americas has analyzed the direct and indirect impacts of U.S. government shutdowns on the world of work.

Producer prices fell in August, but construction input costs climbed as metals and diesel rose. With jobs revised lower, contractors face uneven pressures closing out 2025.

Construction input prices increased 0.2% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data.

Architecture firms reported flat billings in June, according to the latest Architecture Billings Index from the American Institute of Architects and Deltek.

The RCI-IIBEC Foundation is set to release a new study on unit-price procurement of design and construction services on May 31, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. ET.