Category: Research

A data answer built from the EIA Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) 2018, the latest release, with CB&C estimates of floor-space age, regional rankings and renovation coverage.

A side-by-side comparison of women and men in the U.S. construction industry built from BLS household-survey tables, Census business-owner data and Department of Labor apprenticeship records.

A sourced registry of every $1 billion-plus US data center announcement we could verify from January 2024 to October 2026, with state totals, project sizes and the official spending series they feed into.

A seven-occupation construction pay index for the 56 US metros with more than 1 million residents, built from BLS May 2025 wages and BEA local price levels, with trade-by-trade rankings.

Monthly BLS data on construction job openings, turnover and unemployment since 2001, with four CB&C ratios that show whether the shortage is easing or getting worse.

A standard-by-standard comparison of federal OSHA citations and penalties for nonresidential building contractors, home builders, specialty trades and all of construction, built from OSHA’s own enforcement tables.

A source-linked registry of how the 50 states and DC license commercial general contractors, at what project value, and what applicants must show.

A quarterly tracker of how much US banks lend for construction and land development, how those loans are performing, and whether lenders are tightening, built from FDIC and Federal Reserve data.

How many construction workers die on the job, what kills them and whether the risk is falling, from the latest BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, with downloadable CSVs.

A six-component, public-data ranking of 50 states and DC for commercial and institutional building contractors, with every weight published and stress-tested.