2026: Industry Lookahead

About this episode

The episode features insights from industry experts on the future of the business landscape in 2026.

Welcome back for Season 8 of "Build Me Up" with Laurisa and Kaitlin from Kraus-Anderson! Back for the 6 th year in a row is FMI's Partner and Managing Director of Research and Analytics, Jay Bowman . KA's EVP and COO Rich Jacobson join s us as well to discuss w here the new year will bring the built market . J ay specializes in construction spending forecasts, strategic planning, and research and analytics for the A/C/E industry , while Rich gives a more local, close-to-home perspective.

People in this episode

Hosts: Laurisa, Kaitlin

Guest: Jay Bowman

Topics covered

• industry trends
• analytics
• business outlook

Keywords

• FMI
• Kraus-Anderson
• research
• analytics

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