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 -- Compare the main approaches to adding construction capability to NetSuite: SuiteSuccess, construction SuiteApps, and custom development. Includes evaluation criteria and key questions to ask vendors.
ARTICLE -- Labor shortages, tariff volatility, financing bottlenecks, economic uncertainty, and technology pressure. Five challenges shaping construction in 2026, backed by data from Deloitte, Sage/AGC, and industry sources.
ARTICLE -- A step-by-step guide to automating AIA billing in NetSuite, from Schedule of Values to G702/G703 document generation, including how construction firms cut billing cycles from days to hours.
CASE STUDY -- How Habitat for Humanity of Seattle-King & Kittitas Counties more than doubled annual home production — from 30 projects to 67 — with NetSuite + FullClarity, while scaling their budget from $42M to $85M with the same team.
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.
