ABC’s April 2026 Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index just delivered the second straight monthly gain — and once again, data centers did the heavy lifting. For Ohio Valley
A new Harris Poll bombshell from six battleground states just rewrote what Washington thinks it knows about the construction workforce. Nonunion workers — nine of every ten in the Ohio
Tim and Mary Rosengarten of Armcorp Construction just took home Humanitarians of the Year from the Celina-Mercer County Chamber. The award caps a year of Lots for Soldiers support, a
The Section 122 tariff regime expires July 24, and what replaces it will set construction material costs for the next two years. Carolinas contractors who treated the IEEPA fight as
More than two-thirds of recent Ohio school tax requests just failed at the ballot — and every rejected levy is a school construction project pushed back, scaled down, or scratched
Ohio’s Campaign to Abolish Property Taxes will decide by mid-June whether to push for the 2026 ballot, with 305,000 signatures already gathered against a July 1 deadline. The proposal would
Ohio’s data center boom just hit a regulatory crossroads. Four separate legislative and ballot tracks — including a constitutional amendment that would block almost every project on the table —
Ohio Valley contractors just got their first read on November’s legislative landscape — and the results sharpened the stakes. ABC-endorsed candidates split the 2026 Ohio primary 5-5, with hard-won state
Construction Executive’s new piece on mental health and safety hits especially close for Ohio Valley contractors — the article’s author leads Skanska’s Ohio and Tennessee operations. Chris Hopper makes the
On May 21, Fully Promoted opens its Centerville doors for the 6th Annual Customer Appreciation Open House — and Ohio Valley contractors should mark the date. In a 60,000-worker construction
This week, ABC National released the 2026 Health and Safety Performance Report — and the data is striking. Top STEP performers, drawing on 1.3 billion work hours of 2025 project
Nine of every ten construction workers in the Ohio Valley are non-union — and ABC Ohio Valley is their voice. The 2026 ABC HSPR — released May 4 — analyzed
DEWALT’s new survey reveals a yawning AI training gap in the construction workforce — and DEWALT just put $75,000 behind a pilot at ABC Central Florida’s Innovation and Technology Center
A new Department of Labor proposed rule on joint-employer status could reshape how Ohio Valley general contractors and subcontractors are held jointly liable under wage, leave, and farm labor laws.
This is a federal appellate court ruling — distinct angle from the published “Project Labor Agreement: What Dayton’s 2026 PLA Mandate Means” (April 16), which covers the local Dayton mandate.
Stay ahead of what’s shaping the Ohio Valley construction market this week. From workforce development and safety insights to upcoming events and advocacy opportunities, this edition of the Associated Builders
The Excellence in Construction Awards represent more than recognition—they define what leadership, quality, and innovation look like across the merit shop construction industry. Bringing together top contractors, rising professionals, and
Most Ohio Valley contractors chase work one project at a time — cold calls, low bids, hoping for the next referral. The firms that outperform play a different game: they
At ABC’s ONE Conference, leaders distilled contractor success down to five measurable dimensions — and most Ohio Valley firms only track two of them. Predictable work, profitable execution, capacity, risk
Top Columbus commercial construction firms posted 35 percent growth in 2025 contract values — the loudest single read on where the commercial construction industry is headed across Ohio in 2026.
