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50+ Construction Workforce Retention and Turnover Statistics for 2026
Construction’s retention game has flipped. Quit rates hit a nine-year low in mid-2025, and February 2026 posted the lowest hiring rate the BLS has tracked since 2000. People aren’t leaving the industry, but they aren’t entering it either. The immigration pipeline that absorbed two decades of demographic pressure has narrowed sharply, and the pipeline of
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AI Construction Statistics for 2026
Construction AI adoption is growing fast, despite 79% of the industry not yet moving past early testing. Where companies have implemented AI, results depend almost entirely on the quality of data underneath it. With a workforce that needs half a million new workers this year alone and an aging population that compounds the pressure, AI
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Behind °µÍø³Ô¹Ï AI: What we’ve learned building our AI stack
This post was written by Vincent Seguin, °µÍø³Ô¹Ï’s Chief Technology Officer °µÍø³Ô¹Ï AI has now been in the hands of customers for several months, and we’re working every day to further its capabilities and provide more value to our customers. At the same time, we’re continuing our commitment to transparency by offering another look behind the
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How to manage construction teams working across multiple locations
Your Phoenix office is scrambling to staff a new $20 million healthcare project. Meanwhile, your Denver team has two senior project managers with significant healthcare experience who are wrapping up their current assignments and looking for what’s next. The $20 million project sits in limbo while Phoenix and Denver wait for their weekly sync-up meeting.
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How Construction Project Managers Use ChatGPT
ChatGPT is the first AI tool most construction PMs try, and for a narrow set of tasks, it’s genuinely useful. Meeting minutes, daily reports, email drafts, spec summaries. The documentation side of the PM job, which eats hours every week, gets faster with a capable writing assistant. 61% of construction firms now use AI or
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Behind °µÍø³Ô¹Ï AI: Cultivating a culture of AI curiosity
This post was written by Vincent Seguin, °µÍø³Ô¹Ï’s VP of Engineering Launching °µÍø³Ô¹Ï AI was a huge milestone for our company, and the customer feedback we’ve heard so far has been positive. It has been extremely rewarding to further equip those who rely on our software everyday with additional tools for building project teams and winning
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Construction AI Implementation Challenges and Success Rates
The entire tech world is buzzing about AI, and construction is no exception. The hype is everywhere, but the results are lagging behind. 95% of enterprise AI pilots see no measurable return (MIT). That’s a cross-industry number, but construction faces similar hurdles and a few of its own. 45% of firms don’t have a formal
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What Is Experience-Based Staffing in Construction
Experience-based staffing means assembling project teams based on who’s qualified, not just who’s free. Build type experience, market sector knowledge, client relationships, certifications, team chemistry, and commute distance all factor into the decision. It sounds like common sense, and most operations leaders will tell you they already do this. But when you look at how
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Rookie Ratio and How to Balance Experience on Construction Project Teams
Most contractors track headcount and utilization across their projects. Few track the balance of experienced and newer team members. Rookie ratio, the proportion of seasoned people to newer ones on any given project, fills that gap. It’s not a formal industry metric, and that’s part of the problem. A project can be fully staffed by
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How Contractors Use Revenue Per Person Per Month to Benchmark Staffing Efficiency
Revenue per person per month divides a project’s total revenue by the number of salaried team members assigned to it. It connects two numbers most contractors already have, revenue and headcount, in a way that makes staffing efficiency visible at the project level. The industry tracks utilization rate and labor cost as a percentage of
