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  The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ May 2025 jobs report, released June 6, was a case of good news and expected bad news for contractors, the latter the result of waning residential construction activity. Non-residential contractors provided the good news, filling an estimated 11,300 new positions overall, with nonresidential building contractors adding 3,100 positions, heavy…

  Chicago’s National Hockey League team, the Blackhawks, are doing a $65-million expansion and renovation of their home ice—the Fifth Third Arena— with Chicago-based McHugh Construction as general contractor, Kansas City-headquartered Generator Studio as architect and FC Studio Inc., also in Chicago, as interior designer. Slated to open in January 2026, the 250,000-sf-ft facility at…

  JLL is working with Microsoft to improve its workplace management technology and help streamline flexible work environments, the company announced Wednesday. Through the JLL Osis technology, facility leaders will be able to automatically convert AutoCAD drawings and integrated workplace management system data into the indoor mapping data format used by Microsoft Places. This will…

Dive Brief: Teens’ postsecondary plans are shifting, with just 45% of students in grades 7-12 seeing a two- or four-year college as their most likely next step in 2024, according to a new survey from national nonprofit American Student Assistance. That’s down from 73% in 2018. Over the same period, interest in nondegree education pathways…

  Energy Star Portfolio Manager — the software platform for benchmarking and managing building energy use — has powered the real estate industry’s approach to sustainability for years. It’s helped building owners access low-interest rate loans, comply with regulations (like New York City’s LL97 building performance law), take advantage of rebates and earn recognition that…

One in 12 workers have experienced threats, insults or even physical attacks in the workplace in the past year, according to a new study and a similar proportion (one in 13) feel unsafe at work. Research co-authored by Dr Vanessa Gash (City St George’s, University of London) and Dr Niels Blom (University of Manchester), has…