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Rising Material Costs: How Builders Can Adapt to Tariffs and Inflation

The construction industry is feeling the pressure. Material prices are rising, tariffs are taking hold, and interest rates remain high. Put together, these forces reshape how projects are financed, planned, and built. Add to that a persistent labor shortage, and the construction industry faces a perfect storm: higher costs, fewer workers, and slimmer margins. These …

Schedule-Centered Planning: An Owner Standard for Better Projects

Too many Fridays still end the same way: project leaders are asked, “Are we on track?” and the answer is buried somewhere in a static Gantt chart that looks more like a seismograph than a management tool. The problem isn’t a lack of data or dashboards. It’s that the schedule too often sits as an …

AI Doesn’t Know What It Feels Like to Walk Through a Space

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool for urban analysis, augmenting how we observe, quantify, and project the dynamics of city life. Yet, no matter how precise the algorithm, how comprehensive the dataset, or how refined the model, AI cannot truly capture the authentic feel of a place. AI doesn’t know …

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