ARTICLE -- 82% of collapsed US construction firms didn't think they needed a CFO before failing. The deeper problem isn't the missing role, it's the missing financial visibility. For mid-market firms not ready to hire a $250K CFO, here's how the right systems can deliver most of what a CFO would.
ARTICLE -- Diesel at $5.60. Aluminum up 30%. A war in the Gulf reshaping shipping. The cost shocks of mid-March haven't normalized; they've embedded. Here's what 2026's construction cost crisis means for contractors holding fixed-price contracts, and how to protect margins through Q2.
ARTICLE -- If you're a contractor in 2026, your material costs are a moving target. 40-year-high tariffs. Steel prices climbing. Project abandonment up 88% year-over-year. Here's what's driving construction material cost volatility, why construction is hit harder than most industries, and what's working.
ARTICLE -- 9 out of 10 construction projects come in over budget. The average overrun is 28%. 85% of projects across 20 countries over 70 years experienced cost overruns. This isn't bad luck, it's a systemic problem the industry hasn't solved. Here's what high-performing firms do differently.
ARTICLE -- If you're running construction projects on NetSuite, the core platform wasn't built for every construction-specific workflow. AIA billing, retainage, Gantt scheduling, job costing. Here are the three approaches, the criteria that matter, and the vendor questions worth asking before you commit.
ARTICLE -- 2026 is a year of contradictions for construction. Plenty of work, but everything costs more and workers are harder to find. 499,000 worker gap. 25-30% effective tariffs. 63% of firms have seen projects postponed or cancelled. Here are the five challenges every contractor needs a plan for.
ARTICLE -- AIA billing is one of the most tedious workflows in construction finance. G702. G703. Schedule of Values. Retainage on every line. Done manually, it eats hours every cycle. Here's how to automate AIA billing inside NetSuite, plus how Claremont Homes cut loan draws from 40 hours to 4.
ARTICLE -- Most construction firms don't set out to build a fragmented tech stack. It happens one tool at a time. McKinsey says 95% of construction data goes unused globally. Here's the real cost of software sprawl in construction, and what "built inside NetSuite" actually means for your team.
ARTICLE -- The US construction industry needs 499,000 new workers in 2026, and 41% of the current workforce retires by 2031. Here's what the labor shortage actually costs, and what high-performing firms are doing beyond posting more job ads.
ARTICLE -- Oracle NetSuite is the world's leading cloud ERP, and an increasingly common foundation for construction and project-based companies. Here's what it provides natively for construction firms, where the platform reaches its industry-specific limits, and how SuiteApps extend it.
