Tag Archives: Trends

The State of the A/E/C Industry

By Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM What are the current economic conditions within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry? How are the market sectors and geographic regions performing? There are quite a few indicators that track the health of the industry, and we’ve gathered many of the major metrics in one place to make your […]

May 2018 A/E/C Environmental Scan

by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM What’s happening in the architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) industry right now? Firms should always be paying attention to the industry indicators, whether those metrics are leading or lagging. Below you’ll find a current snapshot of some of the best-known metrics in our industry. American Institute of Architects The […]

A/E/C Technology Disruption? You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet!

by Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM I recently co-presented about industry megatrends to an audience of architects. We talked about the utter lack of productivity increases in the construction industry over the past several decades. We looked at a chart that demonstrated how, in the 1960s, manufacturing and construction productivity were at similar levels. However, […]

Design & Construction Trends: Where Are We Headed? Part III

By Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM In covering the AEC industry trends for 2013 and beyond, we’ve had two posts and four trends.  The first post addressed Commoditization and Focus on Individual Team Members.  The second post  covered the War for Talent and Era of the Employee. In this post we’ll look at two more […]

Design & Construction Trends: Where Are We Headed? Part II

By Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM In the last post I wrote about two of the trends impacting the AEC industry – Commoditization and Focus on Individual Team Members. This post continues the trends series, and focuses on two more areas related to staff: the War for Talent and the so-called Era of the Employee. […]

Design & Construction Trends: Where Are We Headed? Part I

By Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM One of my favorite comedies is the film Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray’s character wakes up on the same day over and over and over again, stuck in a cycle that not even death can break.  That is, until he gets things right.  In the design and construction […]

Trends: Which Way is Up?

By Scott D. Butcher, FSMPS, CPSM If the year is winding down, it must be time to forecast the construction market for the coming year.  Fortune tellers, magic 8-balls, and economic prognosticators have been busy looking into the future – and they don’t necessarily agree about what 2011 holds for the design and construction industry, […]