Innovations in Infrastructure

Perspective Lumber Prices Are Falling, but Risks Remain for the Construction Industry

The U.S. construction industry may have heaved a sigh of relief when lumber prices started dropping dramatically in June, after hitting an all-time high in May. Although the cash price for lumber is inching closer to pre-pandemic prices, challenges for construction companies remain.

Perspective The Future of Construction

The construction industry has demonstrated remarkable resilience during the worst of the coronavirus pandemic and over a period of significant disruption to the global economy — the worst since the Great Depression some 80 years ago.

Report World Energy Trilemma Index 2021

The Word Energy Trilemma Index presents a comparative ranking of the energy systems of 127 countries, estimating their performance across three dimensions: Energy Security, Energy Equity, and Environmental Sustainability.

Report Infrastructure Investing — A Primer

What is infrastructure investing—and what are some important considerations for investors?

Perspective All Systems Go

Challenges abound—so trust and stakeholder involvement will be important moving forward.

Perspective To Meet 2030 Decarbonization Targets, European Trucking Needs More Public-Private Cooperation

Regardless of specific technology, the way forward will require more European renewable energy capacity—and the support of public-private partnerships.

Report Built to Last: Infrastructure and trust in a changing world

Built to Last: Report that explores of all the infrastructure and trust challenges in a changing world while offering recommendations for how private owners and operators of infrastructure can still deliver on key stakeholder expectations and continue to hold their trust while manifesting as a provider of essential services for operation.

Perspective Port and Terminal Risks: Pandemic Brings Congestion and Delays

Among the risk exposures highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic is the impact that congestion and delays at ports and terminals has on their owners and operators, as well as on those relying on them.

Perspective Infrastructure: The Last Frontier

Telecom companies have long considered their networks – especially the last-mile to customers’ homes and offices – as a core asset.

Podcast Cyber Risk for Infrastructure

Cyber risk poses specific challenges for the infrastructure sector. With high profile attacks hitting the headlines and increased focus from investors, how should the infrastructure sector tackle cyber risk and what role does it play in the fund raising, due diligence, asset management and divestment processes?

Podcast The 5G Rail Transformation

How mobile network and rail operators can support the launch of the 5G network

Perspective What the DarkSide Ransomware Attack Means for Companies

The impact of the attack—and how companies can move forward

Journal 2021 Marsh McLennan Global Contractors' Handbook

The 2021 Marsh McLennan Global Contractors' Handbook provides contractors with a range of expert perspectives from across Marsh McLennan on how to deal with challenges around cyber risk, climate change, COVID-19, and more.

Perspective Lightening the Load of UK Defined Benefit Pensions

Surety bonds are routinely used in the construction industry to protect firms against losses from subcontractors and suppliers going insolvent, and the same tool can be used to finance defined benefit pensions more efficiently.

Perspective Innovating to Ensure Sustainability in the Construction Industry

Global construction companies face rapidly evolving challenges, including increased scrutiny regarding their environmental, social, and governance stance. Various strategic changes are being made to business models as companies look for product and process innovation to create a more sustainable industry and “build better.”

Perspective The Construction Industry Rises to the Plastic Challenge

As the world wakes up to the environmental challenges posed by massive plastic consumption, the construction industry is reducing its reliance on single-use plastics and increasing the utilization of recycled plastics.