ALT Finished basement family room: a painted gray stone fireplace with a mantel and a gold wire wall sculpture, two cream armchairs and a cream sofa with rust pillows around a round dark coffee table on a patterned rug, gray wood-look plank flooring, recessed lights, and stairs leading up at the back

ALT Finished backyard at dusk: a paver patio with a round fire pit and four gray Adirondack chairs, a curved stone seat wall, a stone outdoor kitchen with a grill, flowering beds and uplit trees along a wood privacy fence, lawn in the foreground

ALT Stat card: IBISWorld fence industry data. Headline: no company above 5 percent. Sub: 313,000 fence construction businesses split a $20.0 billion industry, and no single one holds more than 5 percent of it. Four boxes: 313,000 (fence construction businesses, nationally), $20.0 billion (combined revenue, 2026), $24.29 mean (Fence Erectors hourly wage), 24,480 (Fence Erectors counted nationally). Footer: SimplyWise guide, fence repair cost, 2026, IBISWorld fence construction industry report, BLS OEWS May 2025, Fence Erectors SOC 47-4031.

ALT Stat card: Navigant Construction Forum RFI study. Headline: nearly 10 days per question. Sub: the average RFI took just below 10 days to answer, and some never got an answer at all. Four boxes: 1,300+ projects (studied worldwide), 1 million+ RFIs (across those projects), just below 10 days (average response time per RFI), $1,000+ each (review labor only, no delay or rework). Footer: SimplyWise guide, what is a RFI in construction, 2026, Navigant Construction Forum, Impact and Control of RFIs on Construction Projects.