Eli Robbins

C&B Construction, Inc. v. Dashiell. Maryland’s construction Trust Fund Statute has long been a comforting and reliable tool for subcontractors seeking payment from an upper-tier contractor.  The Trust Fund Statute requires general contractors and upper-tier subcontractors to hold the money received on account of a…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for July 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,153.2 billion, remaining nearly the same as June’s revised estimate of $1,153.5 billion, and is 1.5 percent above the…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for June 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,133.5 billion, down 0.6 percent from the revised May estimate of $1,140.9 billion.  Compared to a year ago, the…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for May 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,143.3 billion.  This rate is a decrease of 0.8 percent from the revised April estimate of $1,152.4 billion.  Compared…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for April 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,133.9 billion.  This rate is a decrease of 1.8 percent from the revised March estimate of $1,155.1 billion.  Compared…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for March 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,137.5 billion.  This rate is an increase of 0.3 percent from the revised February estimate of $1,133.6 billion.  Compared…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for February 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,144.0 billion.  This rate is a decrease of 0.5 percent from the revised January estimate of $1,150.1 billion.  Compared…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for January 2016 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,140.8 billion.  This rate is an increase of 1.5 percent from the revised December estimate of $1,123.5 billion.  Compared…

According to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, total construction spending for December 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,116.6 billion.  This rate is up 0.1 percent from the revised November estimate of $1,116.0 billion.  When compared to…