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Forty-Three States & D.C. Add Construction Jobs During the Past Year, But Only 22 States Added Construction Jobs Between April & May Amid Labor and Supply Shortages
Fri, 06/17/2022 – 13:33 Texas & New Mexico Have Strongest Gains Since May 2021, While Kentucky & Hawaii Have Worst Declines; Texas & Minnesota Top Lists of One-Month Increases, New York & North Dakota Lose Most Last Month Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs during the past twelve months, but momentum…
Read MoreContractors’ Bid Prices Finally Match Runup In Materials Prices, But Continuing Cost Increases Will Maintain Pressure On Profit Margins
Tue, 06/14/2022 – 10:53 Wide Range of Inputs Post Double-Digit Increases, Led by 85 Percent Jump in Price Index for Diesel Fuel, 80 Percent for Liquid Asphalt, 33 Percent for Steel Mill Products, and 32 Percent for Architectural Coatings Contractors’ bid prices for constructing new nonresidential buildings finally caught up with soaring costs for the materials…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Climbs By 36,000 In May, While Hourly Earnings Rise At Fastest Yearly Rate In 40 Years As Firms Scramble To Fill Positions
Fri, 06/03/2022 – 11:04 Association Officials Push for New Construction Training Programs & Immigration Reforms as Labor Shortages Lead to Record Job Openings that are Undermining Construction Activity Rapidly rising hourly earnings enabled the construction industry to add 36,000 employees in May, but a record number of job openings going into the month suggests contractors…
Read MoreGovernment-Mandated Project Labor Agreements Would Keep Three-Quarters Of Firms From Bidding On New Federal Projects, Survey Finds
Thu, 06/02/2022 – 10:30 Survey of Federal Contractors Also Finds that the Biden Administration’s Plans to Impose Project Labor Agreements Will Make It Harder for Firms to Subcontract with Small, Minority & Disadvantaged Businesses Nearly three-quarters of federal contractors report they will stop bidding on federal projects if the Biden administration were to follow through…
Read MoreNonresidential Construction Spending Declines In April As Contractors Struggle To Find Workers Amid Record Job Openings, Low Unemployment
Wed, 06/01/2022 – 12:04 Construction Association Officials Say Workforce Shortages are Limiting Construction Activity, Urge Leaders to Boost Funding for Construction-Focused Education & Training Programs, Reform Immigration Spending on nonresidential construction projects declined for the second month in a row in April as contractors coped with an all-time high for job openings, according to an…
Read MoreTwo-Thirds Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs Between April 2021 And April 2022 But Low Unemployment Rate Leaves Many Positions Open
Tue, 05/31/2022 – 10:21 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Cheyenne, Wyo. Post the Largest Gains Over 12 Months; Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. and Lewiston, Idaho-Wash. Experience the Worst Declines in Past Year Construction employment increased in two-thirds of U.S. metro areas between April 2021 and April 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government…
Read MoreSixty-Four Percent Of Firms Working On Highway Upgrades Experienced Cars Crashing Into Their Work Zone During The Past Year, New Data Finds
Wed, 05/25/2022 – 12:38 Annual Survey by HCSS and Associated General Contractors of America Finds Drivers and Passengers are at Greater Risk of Injury and Death in Work Zone Crashes, As Officials Urge Drivers to Be Careful this Summer Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Exceeds Pre-Pandemic Peak In 32 States In April, But Record High Job Openings Threaten Further Job Gains
Fri, 05/20/2022 – 13:19 Utah Has Strongest Gains Since February 2020, While New York Has Worst Declines; Florida and Delaware Top Lists of One-Month Increases, As California and Arkansas Register Worst One-Month Employment Losses Construction employment exceeded pre-pandemic levels in 32 states in April, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated…
Read MoreNew Report Explores Architect, Contractor Relationship
Thu, 05/19/2022 – 10:01 A study published today by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), in partnership with the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), sheds new light on the relationship of architects and contractors and the needs of both professions. The fifth edition of The Architect’s Journey to Specification focuses on improving the working relationship between…
Read MoreNonresidential Construction Input Prices Soar 21 Percent From April 2021 To Last Month; Association Urges Relief From Tariffs, Buy-America Rules
Thu, 05/12/2022 – 11:41 Wide Range of Costs Rise at Double-Digit Rates, Led by 86 Percent Jump in Price Index for Diesel Fuel, 45 Percent for Aluminum Mill Shapes, 32 Percent for Architectural Coatings, and 30 Percent for Plastics Prices of materials and services used in new nonresidential construction leaped nearly 21 percent in April from…
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