Innovation is a term on the brink of overuse. It is used to describe major movements, small ideas, and often old ideas wrapped in new vocabulary. Not having a specific definition of innovation is a fundamental barrier to achieving it…
Many organizations are making the decision to invest in Lean Integrated Project Delivery (Lean IPD) and/or Advanced Work Packaging (AWP), but you don’t have to choose between the two. In this webinar Kelcey Henderson, President of Continuum Advisory Group, Clark Ellis, Principal of Continuum Advisory Group, and Olfa Hamdi, CEO of Concord Project Technologies, Inc. compare and contrast these popular project planning and delivery methodologies.
What happens when a business consistently tells Wall Street it is going to construct a specific amount of capital improvements each year but consistently misses? And what happens when any type of owner organization must react quickly to changes in regulations by replacing a significant amount of its asset base but can’t?
This year’s CURT (Construction Users Roundtable) conference was centered around a simple idea: excellence in total project performance. But like any great idea, the steps to bring it to life can be far from simple. Our annual owners study seeks…
Order Takers or Value Creators? Your Engineering, Construction, and Facilities (E/C/F) Department
Your facility is sort of like a favorite jacket. You wear it every day, so often that you forget it’s there. You walk through rain and wind, fixed on your phone or a friend or whatever else, and it’s your silent protector from the elements.
But then there’s a hole in it. Suddenly, you pay attention.
Your E/C/F department, when it’s functioning properly, may seem like it’s barely there at all. But imagine if that department played a more active, strategic role in your company. Imagine if you extracted all of its potential. Imagine if they stopped just taking orders and started sitting in your executive team meetings creating value for your company and shareholders. What could happen?
That proposition is the subject of a new, joint study between Continuum Advisory Group and the Construction Industry Institute (CII).
Q1 2025 Construction Spending Update (May 1 Data Release): Construction spending was essentially flat over the past year, with growth matching the rate of inflation. Nonresidential spending declined 0.5% in Q1 2025, following broader economic softening—US GDP was down 0.3%…
Q4 2024 Construction Spending Update (February 1 Data Release): Nonresidential construction spending was flat for Q4 2024, while residential spending rebounded from a relatively slow summer. Note: The 2024 residential summer slowdown was far less severe than 2023. Now that…
Q3 2024 Construction Spending Update (November 1 Data Release): While overall construction showed slow declines over the first half of the year, this trend reversed in Q3 with slight increases across both Residential and Nonresidential segments. Residential construction increased 0.5%…
Q2 2024 Construction Spending Update (August 1 Data Release): The gradual slowing of construction in the first quarter of 2024 continued in the second quarter. Residential construction slowed the most, off 1% from the previous quarter. Non-residential fell a modest…
May 2024 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was down 0.2% from January to March and up 9.6% over the last year. After several years of growth, nonresidential construction declined 0.2% over the last quarter. It is still…
August 2023 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was up 0.5% in June 2023 and up 3.5% over the last year. In April, the annual growth number was 7.2%. In general, it appears the growth rate is leveling…
June 2023 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was up 1.2% in April 2023 and up 7.2% over the last year. This is an improvement over the 0.3%/3.8% numbers from last month. Nonresidential monthly growth from March to…
May 2023 Construction Spending Updates: Overall Construction Put in Place was up 0.3% in March 2023 and up 3.8% over the last year. Nonresidential monthly growth from February to March (0.7%) was up from the 0.4% growth seen between January…
Earlier this year, Nate Scott, Principal of Continuum Advisory Group, began compiling a monthly US Construction Spending Summary to share with our clients. In this episode, Kelcey Henderson reviews the latest data release with Nate and gets answers to a…
Welcome to Episode 1 of Continuum Advisory Group's Strategy Miniseries. In this series, we discuss our work with clients on how they can win in their business environment with a focus on the psychology of leadership in our VUCA (Volatile,…