Webinar

Where to from here for the US construction industry?

18 February 2026 – 2.00pm EST (North America)

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The US construction sector is entering a new phase, defined less by the traditional business cycle and more by structural forces shaping where, what, and how things are built. While headline construction spending remains strong, activity remains uneven across sectors and regions.

In this presentation Dr Nicholas Fearnley and Michael Guckes will take stock of the construction market and discuss broader issues facing the industry including sustainability, AI, costs, and capacity.

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Speakers

Nicholas Fearnley

Dr Nicholas Fearnley is the Head of Global Construction Forecasting, based in Sydney. Nicholas oversees the teams that produce the various construction, mining, and maintenance studies. He works over the full construction spectrum, and regularly presents and provides commentary for both the construction and mining industries.

Nicholas joined Oxford Economics in 2019 after working at Macromontor, where he was responsible for producing regular Australian building construction forecast reports, and bespoke cost escalation and material demand forecasts.

Prior to joining Macromonitor, Nicholas completed a PhD at the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “A Critical and Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship between Informal Institutions and Economic Development.” He was awarded the Walter Noel Gillies Prize for best PhD thesis in Economics, and his thesis was accepted without edits.

Nicholas has undergraduate degrees in both Accounting and Applied Finance from Macquarie University, and a first class honours degree in Accounting from the University of Sydney with a thesis titled: “Culture and the Measurement Decision Offered by Investment Property”.

Head of Global Construction Forecasting