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The article reports that economic growth will continue but challenges with labor, materials and inflation persist. Topics include economic recovery has resumed following the setback in the third quarter, and construction should follow suit; and supply chains have been tripped up by burgeoning retail demand and COVID-19 impact on manufacturing.

The article focuses on specialty contractors struggle to keep work moving through unprecedented market shortages and disruptions.

The article offers information on top 400 contractors chosen by the journal "ENR" and their strategy to be less impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics discussed include partnership among a group of construction contractor on turnkey COVID-19 prevention protocols for all companies to use, how virus prevention methods changed productivity among firms and adoption of cloud-based applications by project managers to bolster remote business operations for many firms.

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The article focuses on factors including the global pandemic and political polarization, there is increasing demand from virtually all construction markets, according to researchers at Oxford Economics. Topics include the uptick in equipment orders, however, is causing a concerning backlog for many manufacturers, and the global supply chain issues that started last year continue to manifest in disruptive ways from shortages of key components and delivery delays to soaring transportation.

The article discusses that president Joe Biden is moving to fill more vacancies in key sub-Cabinet positions. Topics discussed include the White House on April 9 picked Doug Parker, chief of California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health, as assistant labor secretary to lead the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration; and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott said Parker "understands what it takes to protect workers on job, during COVID-19 pandemic.