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• Sep 4, 2026.

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Communication is Key to Maintaining Patient Safety During Hospital Infrastructure Modernization ...

• Aug 24, 2026.

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Measured Progress for Sustainable Growth The inaugural RLB North America Sustainability Report ...

• Aug 5, 2026.

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On complex construction projects, particularly in healthcare and public-sector environments, every ...

• Jul 24, 2026.

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Reflections from U.S. Infrastructure Development Conferences Public sector owners are under pressure...

• Jul 7, 2026.

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RLB’s annual Global Experience Exchange Programme (GEEP) is back, giving colleagues the ...

• Jun 24, 2026.

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Canada’s construction market shows strong variance across the country, driven by localized ...

• Jun 24, 2026.

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Hawaii recorded a year-over-year construction cost increase of 5.93% in Q2 2026, slightly above Q1, ...

• Jun 24, 2026.

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The West region is settling into a sustainable pace that is prioritizing settling into market ...

• Jun 24, 2026.

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Construction activity across the Central region is in a period of steady performance and healthy ...

• Jun 24, 2026.

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Markets in the East region are navigating a mix of annual cost growth and stabilizing trends. ...

• Jun 24, 2026.

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A Market Focused on Steady Progress Periods of rapid growth are often followed by moments of ...

• Jun 23, 2026.

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Predicting potential risks across these many pieces has always been a tough task. To step up to the ...

• Jun 10, 2026.

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In healthcare construction, every decision, from design coordination to site execution, has real ...

• May 29, 2026.

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Providing detailed local construction market intelligence and data Construction activity across the ...

• May 19, 2026.

• 7 Min read

Major capital projects begin with an enormous commitment of time and resources. Millions or even ...

• May 16, 2026.

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Just published is the latest edition of the LAC Hotels Monitor, the collaborative report by RLB, ...

• May 5, 2026.

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In the world of commercial real estate, missing a project deadline usually means dealing with a few ...

• Mar 31, 2026.

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As the AI race continues to accelerate, hyperscale data center construction has become as much a ...

• Mar 24, 2026.

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Of the cities surveyed, eight held steady, six experienced a decline, and four saw an increase in ...

• Mar 19, 2026.

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Periods of rapid growth are often followed by moments of adjustment. For the construction industry, ...

• Mar 19, 2026.

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Our East region experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 4.41% (In line ...

• Mar 19, 2026.

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Our Central region experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 3.94% (below ...

• Mar 19, 2026.

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Hawaii experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 5.89% (above the national...

• Mar 19, 2026.

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Canada experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 4.70% (above the national...

• Mar 19, 2026.

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Our West region experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 4.55% (above the...

• Mar 6, 2026.

• 8 Min read

In today’s construction landscape, healthcare projects represent some of the most complex and ...

• Feb 26, 2026.

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If there is one theme running through our 2026 Global Annual Report, it is this: the built ...

• Feb 3, 2026.

• 7 Min read

Schedules are critical to planning, coordinating, and managing a successful project. A reliable ...

• Jan 8, 2026.

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Canada experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 5.04% (above the national...

• Jan 8, 2026.

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Hawaii saw a year-over-year construction cost increase of 5.69%, outpacing the national average of ...

• Jan 8, 2026.

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Our West region experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 4.45% (above the...

• Jan 8, 2026.

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Our Central region experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 4.41% (above ...

• Jan 8, 2026.

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Our East Coast region experienced an average year-over-year construction cost increase of 4.15% ...

• Jan 8, 2026.

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Progress is Underway, Just Not at Full Throttle While many anticipated that economic uncertainty in ...

• Jan 6, 2026.

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Artificial intelligence, or AI, has become one of the most prominent topics across various ...

• Sep 24, 2025.

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The third quarter of 2025 reveals a mixed landscape in construction activity, with crane counts ...