Industry Updates
Perspective on the professions we recruit.
Briefings on Construction Management, Architecture, Interior Design, and Engineering. How the roles are defined, where firms are hiring, and the industry events that matter to the people doing the work.
October 25, 2026
Construction Management
What construction firms are hiring this week
Project managers, superintendents, estimators, and project engineers are the seats the field still has to fill.
4 min
October 25, 2026
All professions
WestEdge Design Fair is coming up
Barker Hangar, Santa Monica. 2026-10-29 through 2026-10-31.
3 min
October 6, 2026
All professions
What firms are actually hiring this fall
The calls this month are not all for vice presidents. They are for people who can run a job, a set, a studio, or a design team.
6 min
October 3, 2026
Construction Management
A project manager is not a junior superintendent
The two jobs share a trailer. They do not share a day. Hiring one to do the other is how jobs get loud.
5 min
September 28, 2026
Architecture
What a project architect owns, and what a design director owns
Studios get into trouble when every strong designer is asked to be a director, and every director is too busy to finish a set.
6 min
September 18, 2026
Interior Design
Interior design titles that get mixed up
Designer, project designer, FF&E lead, studio director. They show up in the same stack of resumes. They should not.
5 min
September 9, 2026
Engineering
The stamp is not the same thing as leadership
A PE is a professional requirement. It does not tell you whether someone can run a project, a client, or a team.
6 min
August 26, 2026
Construction Management
Mission-critical work is hiring the superintendent you wanted
Data halls and other critical facilities are not a niche anymore. They are competing for the same field leaders as commercial work.
5 min
Upcoming events
Conferences and gatherings our clients and candidates actually attend. Dates and places are as published by the organizers. We are not the host.
October 29, 2026 to October 31, 2026
WestEdge Design Fair
Barker Hangar, Santa Monica · Interior designers and architects
October 29 through 31. Trade admission is complimentary if you register before October 23. Opening night is a separate ticket.
Tickets and event siteNovember 4, 2026 to November 6, 2026
DBIA Design-Build Conference & Expo
Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland · Owners, architects, engineers, and contractors
The design-build meeting. Relevant if your projects are delivered that way, not only design-bid-build.
Tickets and event siteNovember 8, 2026 to November 9, 2026
BDNY
Jacob K. Javits Center, New York · Hospitality interior designers and purchasers
November 8 and 9. A practical room full of hospitality product and the people who specify it.
Tickets and event siteNovember 12, 2026
IIDA Healthcare Design Awards celebration
Chicago · Healthcare interior designers
The winners' celebration for IIDA's healthcare design awards. A short trip if that is your sector.
Tickets and event siteNovember 9, 2026 to November 15, 2026
AECtech 2026
Cornell Tech, New York · Architects, engineers, and design technology leads
Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio's AEC technology week: workshops, a symposium, and a hackathon.
Tickets and event siteNovember 18, 2026 to November 19, 2026
BuiltWorlds AEC Emerging Tech
Convene, Boston · Contractors and the people who buy construction technology
Two days on jobsite technology. Useful if your searches touch VDC, preconstruction, or operations.
Tickets and event siteMarch 1, 2027 to March 5, 2027
ASCE Convention
Philadelphia · Civil engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers convention. Registration opens in 2026. Put it on the calendar if you hire or practice civil.
Tickets and event site
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