Blogs

Under the radar, behind the project gate, inside the executive suite. That's where ENR's editors and bloggers deliver their insights, opinions, cool-headed analysis and hot-headed rantings.

East Construction Views provides insights and analysis on the breaking news, trends, and projects taking place in the construction and design industry of the eastern United States.

Archives: Mid-Atlantic Monitor  |  New England News and Views  |  NY Construction Central

West Construction Views provides insights and analysis on the breaking news, trends, and projects taking place in the construction and design industry of the western United States.

Archives: California Views  |  Notes on the Northwest

Construction project and people news from the editor of ENR Mountain States & Southwest.

Archives: Southwest Construction Views

Our blog delivers the latest news, insights and opinions about construction trends in the Texas & Southeast region, encompassing Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Puerto Rico.

Archives: Texas & Louisiana Construction Views  |  Southeast Constructions

This blog will comment on all matters related to design and construction in the Midwest.

This blog examining California construction will ask questions, give you previews of what is to come in ENR California and report on what we are hearing, reading and seeing in the state's construction industry.

News and opinions about design and construction in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

News, opinions and insights about design and construction in the Pacific Northwest, Including Washington, Oregon and Alaska.

Bringing you breaking news in real time from around the Tri-State construction industry.

Our blog delivers the latest news, insights, and opinions about construction trends in the four-state region of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.

The Southwest Construction Views blog examines the current events, issues and challenges of development, design and construction in the Desert Southwest

News, opinion and announcements about the construction industry in the region that includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

This blog is a hub for A/E/C marketing and business development insight.

Jeff Cavignac is president and principal of Cavignac & associates, a risk management and commercial insurance brokerage firm specializing in the building industry.

The many facets of design and construction are all fair game for freelance writer Jim Parsons

This blog discusses CPM scheduling, engineering law and other aspects of project management.

Civil Engineer Brian Brenner shares quirky views of the engineering profession and life.

Barnes' ENR blog explores the risky side of engineering and construction work and his general interest blog Barnestormin explores everything else.

This blog specializes in bonding and insurance for contractors.

This blog covers design and construction in buildings and transportation around the Northwest.

This blog explores construction around the Golden State, with a focus on Northern California.

We follow the South Pacific's 'New World' as ever bigger infrastructure projects unfold. And slightly farther afield.

The presenters at ENR’s annual FutureTech conference in San Francisco May 30-June 1, cautioned the sold-out audience of engineers, construction professionals, venture capitalists and technologists that the construction industry continues to be plagued by inefficiency and a general lack of adoption of new technologies, although big strides are being made in sharing and managing data.

However, an upbeat air filled the hall as many touted three key improvements in delivering a connected built environment; ­cloud computing, mobile phones shifting computing access and low-cost chips and sensors enabling IoT.

Written by the staff of ENR MidAtlantic Construction, this blog offers insights, analysis and opinionated takes on the latest news, trends and projects.