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Autonomous excavators, haul trucks and AI-enabled machinery stole the show at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 — and the contractors building relationships with this technology now will out-bid...

In California's highest-cost construction market, an efficiency gap is a margin emergency. Southern California contractors rank efficiency their number-one priority — but most still under-fund...

America needs hundreds of thousands of skilled tradespeople to build the data centers powering the AI era — and the trades just got a once-in-a-generation...

SB 1185 just cleared the California Senate — and now the Assembly Labor Committee votes June 10. If it passes, Skilled and Trained Workforce mandates...

National research, including CDC findings on construction suicide risk, shows construction ranks among the highest-risk industries for suicide. ABC has seen growing demand for suicide...

SoCal apprentices just brought home hardware from Salt Lake City. Construction Electric's Gabriel Cancinos walked out with gold and the safety recognition. Rymax Electric, Z3...

In California, the wrong subcontractor can sink a job before it starts — DIR citations, prevailing wage clawbacks, and AB 5 misclassification all flow uphill...

Cal/OSHA inspectors have flagged aerial lift violations as one of the most frequent — and costly — citations on SoCal jobsites this year. If your...

SoCal commercial backlog is climbing and skilled labor is the scarcest commodity on every jobsite. The contractors winning the most work are the ones in...

California is short tens of thousands of plumbers heading into the largest infrastructure decade in state history — and merit shop firms can't wait for...

Searches for "ABC construction association" have climbed steadily as more Southern California contractors look for a real alternative to the union-channel default. If you've heard...

One missed DAS submission or one miscoded apprentice hour on a California public works job can trigger penalties that wipe out the margin on the...

Thirty percent of construction workers carry high mental health risk versus 23% nationally — and in California, that risk compounds with prevailing wage stress, compliance...