How New Infrastructure Funding is Impacting Aviation Project Development
February 10, 2023 By Karl Schulz Since most aviation projects are funded by either passenger plane tickets, airport tenants, or the airline companies themselve [...]
Designing Offices Post-Covid to Meet the Remote-Working Trend
In this paper, Research Analyst Drew Lantz discusses how offices will look and function in the future and how this may affect design trends.
Avoiding Surprises When Master Planning Mixed-Use Hospitality Projects
Effective master planning is critical to the success of mixed-use hospitality developments. This paper discusses the importance of establishing a strong project foundation based on team member expertise, robust communication, and clear expectations and accountability. It then covers specific master planning best practices, including knowing your brand and market, navigating the entitlement process, understanding how supply chain issues may impact your project, remaining flexible and adaptable, and more.
U.S. Construction Market Recap for 2021
In this paper, authors Xinyao Wang and Dan Pomfrett take a look back at the key trends that shaped the construction industry in 2021, and what we can expect of these trends going forward.
Construction Labor Market Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the 9.2 million unfilled jobs in the economy, nearly 300,000 belong to the construction sector. We expect this labor shortage to rise in the coming quarters, leading to further wage escalation through 2022. In this white paper, the Cumming Insights team draws from its ongoing economic research to examine current trends in the construction labor market and what we can expect going forward.
The Healthcare Sector Pre- and Post-COVID-19
In this paper, Daniel Pomfrett and Gary Brett look at how the healthcare construction market was trending prior to the emergence of COVID-19, how it’s been affected by the virus to date, and what its future might look like once the pandemic has subsided. This paper is an update to our previous paper on this topic, which was originally published in May 2020.
The Higher Education Sector
In this paper, Research Analyst Xinyao Wang takes a detailed look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped the higher education construction market, discusses some of the lessons we can learn from the past 18 months, and highlights a few of the trends we can expect to see in this sector going forward.
A Macroeconomic Analysis of Commodity Prices During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this paper, Research Analyst Drew Lantz provides a macroeconomic framework for understanding the recent surge in commodity prices and outlines how they will most likely return to their pre-pandemic levels.
The Continuing Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Supply Chain
Restrictions on public life due to the COVID-19 pandemic have thrown global supply chains into chaos. In this white paper, Cumming Research Analyst Drew Lantz takes a look at the effects that the pandemic has had on air, land, and sea freight; explains why these disruptions have been so severe; and outlines when things can be expected to return to normal.
Performing As-Built Documentation Reviews and Field Audits to Prevent Downtime in Data Center Facilities
In this paper, Cumming Director Michelle Kelly explains the role of field audits and documentation reviews in the data center setting, how to perform these activities efficiently and effectively, and why they are such an important factor in delivering data center projects on time and within budget.