One way to gauge the severity of the construction labor shortage in different places is to observe where job postings remain online for longer, suggesting greater difficulty filling jobs. Job posting data indicate that the relative severity of the shortage is greater in expensive states such as Massachusetts, New Jersey, and California, although it is also severe in a few … [Read more...]
Construction Tops $1B at Facebook’s West Campus
Since the grand opening of the Gehry-designed building named 'MPK 20’ and de facto launch of Facebook's West Campus in March 2015, Facebook has filed more than $900 million in construction permits for projects in and around their West Campus in Menlo Park ('MPK'), totaling over $1 billion including MPK 20. Two of the new Gehry-designed buildings have surpassed MPK 20 as having … [Read more...]
Phoenix’s Top Ten Construction Permits of 2017
What were the largest construction permits in Phoenix in 2017? The research team at BuildZoom analyzed the data from our National Building Permit Database to identify the ten most expensive building permits. You can explore the ten major projects below. Phoenix Top Ten Permits of 2017 DESCRIPTION JOB VALUE LOCATION 1 Grand Canyon University Missouri … [Read more...]
Construction Wages: Who Makes the Most and Where?
People often think of the construction industry as a single, monolithic entity of laborers in yellow hard hats, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth. The industry consists of a large number of firms, most of which are small and operate locally, and it spans numerous different occupations, from sheet metal workers to building inspectors to plumbers. An analysis of the … [Read more...]
Tesla Gigafactory Update: Construction Costs Top $1.3 Billion
This is an update to our previous posts on the Tesla Gigafactory. You can read our Feb 2017 Update and our June 2016 Update by clicking on the links. It’s been an entire year since we last covered construction updates from the Tesla Gigafactory under development in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) near the aptly-named city of Sparks, Nevada. In recent … [Read more...]