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ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO | SENIOR ANALYST & CHIEF EDITOR

Anthony is a third generation Construction Industry Professional with a 20 year background in multiple disciplines including construction costing, estimating construction and contract law as well as technical and strategic risk and value engineering.

Housing Markets

Crypto Crash – Are We Having Our First Real Time Recession? Florida And Texas May Have A…

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Sunday, June 19, 2022 8:45 PM

United States of America - Crypto has crashed. Recession fears have been streaked across all our information channels the past month. Leading economists and analysts have been working overtime to understand and read the situations evolving…

SUPPLY CHAIN NEWS

Supply Chain Envoy Brings Fresh Leadership To Streamline U.S. Port And Supply Chain Systems

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Friday, May 27, 2022 2:55 PM

Washington, D.C. - Supply Chain problems that have plagued the United States the past two years have been gaining strong support and action toward new investment in not only Port & Infrastructure but that of the new Trucking Action Plan…

Renewable Energy

BYLT: U.S. Solar Energy Production Up 24% & U.S. Wind Energy Production Up 12% Year Over Year…

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Sunday, April 17, 2022 8:53 PM

United States Of America - Energy data from the "Monthly Energy Review" has been released. The U. S. Energy Information Administration included the annual data in this data review. The United States showed strong gains in solar and wind.…

Lumber News

Lumber Futures Continue Downward. Starts Need To Pick Up

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Tuesday, April 5, 2022 10:38 AM

United States Of America - Lumber futures continue on a downward trend as transportation bottlenecks that sparked an early rally during early March begin to ease. Chicago lumber futures fell towards $950 per thousand board feet Tuesday, a…

COMPLIANCE & EDUCATION

The New “Capital Expenditures For Robotic Equipment” Data Report Tells Us About Current…

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Sunday, April 3, 2022 1:10 PM

United States Of America - Robotics and Automation are nothing new. It has been evolving consistently since Henry Ford's assembly line and well before. What has changed is the segments and industries they never reached or reach. The…

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Lumber Futures Down For Now. Oil On The Swing.

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Thursday, March 24, 2022 9:09 AM

United States Of America - Crude prices have swung up to $114 a barrel on Thursday, following a 5% gain the day before, and volatility is expected to continue as traders take profits and the conflict in Ukraine continues. The war crimes…

COMPLIANCE & EDUCATION

Take A Tour Of One Of The Largest Research Facilities Under Construction In The World: The Facility…

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Friday, February 18, 2022 7:00 AM

Darmstadt, Germany - One of the largest research facilities in the world is under construction, The Facility For Antiproton And Ion Research. The research facility is located in the Rhine-Main-Area's southern reaches (Frankfurt…

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Boston Public Employee Vaccine Mandate Blocked By Judge As Union Workers And Leadership Appear Split

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Wednesday, February 16, 2022 3:46 AM

Boston, Massachusetts - The vaccine mandate for city employees in Boston has been temporarily halted by an appeals court judge in response to a lawsuit brought by labor unions representing first responders against the city of Boston. …

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Lumber Prices Could Reach $2400 In 2022

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2:22 AM

United States Of America - Lumber prices could escalate easily to $2400 per MBF this spring and late summer similarly mirroring last year. Builders, Developers, Program Managers and Project Managers should weigh risks now and prepare for…

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Worker Productivity Rates, Lack Of Training And Labor Shortages Are Literally Killing Construction…

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Monday, February 14, 2022 2:29 AM

United States Of America - The United States was already dealing with a sharp consistent worker death rate prior to the Pandemic. We knew this. What we are seeing now is a compounded accelerated increase and it is spreading to vehicle,…

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

Global Supply Chains in 2022: What to Expect

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Wednesday, February 9, 2022 8:00 AM

Supply chains around the world are currently overwhelmed by a combination of many factors, and this situation will likely continue during 2022. E-commerce has been on the rise, and more people are now purchasing products from overseas.…

INFRASTRUCTURE

US Port Infrastructure Brief: Main Projects in 2022

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Tuesday, February 8, 2022 5:27 PM

United States Of America - Supply chain issues have been a challenge for many industry sectors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, the Port of Los Angeles had the highest traffic on record in 2021: 10.7 million 20-foot…

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

US Business Applications Hit Record in 2021: Construction Outlook

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Thursday, February 3, 2022 6:29 PM

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, new business applications in the US hit a record for two consecutive years in 2020 and 2021. According to the latest figures published by the US Census Bureau in January, the US had 5.4 million business…

CONSTRUCTION NEWS

West Virginia Lifts Ban On Construction Of New Nuclear Plants

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Monday, January 31, 2022 9:39 PM

Charlestown, West Virginia - The governor of West Virginia has now received a bill to overturn a ban on the development of nuclear power plants in the State. A Vote of 76 to 18 was recorded in the House of Delegates on Monday to approve…

Steel & Metals News

Precious and Industrial Metals: February 2022 Market Brief

ANTHONY PATRICK URBANO Monday, January 31, 2022 7:20 PM

The metals market has responded to economic decisions recently taken by the US and China. Precious metals had volatile prices during the last few weeks, in great part due to the expected interest rate hike. The prices of gold, silver and…

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