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Fri, 05/06/2022 – 12:00 Contractors Association Urges Washington Officials to Address Current Worker Shortage with Expanded Work Permits and Increased Investment in Career Education, Training, and Apprenticeship Programs Construction employment edged up by 2,000 jobs between March and April as contractors scrambled to find workers in an increasingly tight labor market, according to an analysis…

Mon, 05/02/2022 – 12:03 Association Officials Call for Immediate End to Tariffs on Lumber, Steel and Aluminum Products, and Urge Congress and the Administration to Boost Career and Technical Education Funding, Apprenticeship Options Spending on most categories of nonresidential and multifamily construction declined from February to March as contractors struggled to find enough workers and…

Thu, 04/21/2022 – 10:31 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Cheyenne, Wyo. Post the Largest Gains Over 12 Months; New York City and Danville, Ill. Experience the Worst Declines in a Year Construction employment increased in three-fourths of U.S. metro areas between March 2021 and March 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new…

Wed, 04/20/2022 – 10:52 First Round of Scholarship Awards Will Be Made for the 2022-23 School Year, Annually After That as Part of Broader Effort to Make the Construction Industry More Diverse and Inclusive The Associated General Contractors of America and Procore Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: PCOR), a leading global provider of construction management software, announced…

Mon, 04/18/2022 – 15:07 Construction Official Says New Guidance will Undermine New Bipartisan Infrastructure Measure’s Benefits, Adds the Kind of Red Tape that Betrays Americans’ Confidence in Federal Spending The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to the release today of new…

Wed, 04/13/2022 – 11:16 Diesel Fuel Prices Spiked 64 Percent, While Aluminum and Steel Mill Product Prices Rose by 43 Percent From a Year Earlier, Pressuring Contractors Operating under Fixed-Price Construction Contracts Prices of materials and services used in new nonresidential construction jumped more than 21 percent from March 2021 to March 2022, according to…

Construction Employment Surpasses Pre-Pandemic Peak In Majority Of Metro Areas; Association Calls For Steps To Enlarge Worker Supply | Apr. 6, 2022 | News Wednesday, 04/06/2022 – 10:56 a.m. Walla Walla, Washington and Salt Lake City, Utah Post the Largest Gains Over the Last Two Years; Odessa, Texas and New York City Experience the Worst Declines Since February 2020 High…

Construction Adds 19,000 Jobs In March, While Project Spending Rises For 12th Straight Month In February; Officials Warn Of Growing Challenges | Apr. 1, 2022 | News Friday, 04/01/2022 – 12:32 p.m. Contractors Association Urges Washington Officials to End Tariffs on Key Materials, Increase Funding for Career and Technical Education, and Widen Apprenticeship Opportunities for Working in Construction…

Construction Employment In February Tops Pre-Pandemic Total In 32 States But Soaring Costs, Supply Chain Woes Threaten Further Gains | Mar. 25, 2022 | News Friday, 03/25/2022 – 12:53 p.m. Florida and Idaho Have Strongest Recoveries from Two Years Ago, While New York, North Dakota Lag the Most, California and Rhode Island Top Lists of Gains from January,…

Three-fourths Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From January 2021 To 2022; Soaring Job Openings Indicate Lack Of Workers Kept Employment Totals Down | Mar. 17, 2022 | News Thursday, 03/17/2022 – 10:28 a.m. Cheyenne, Wyo. and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas Score the Largest 12-Month Increases; Sierra Vista-Douglas, Ariz. and New York City Experience the Worst Year-over-Year Declines Construction employment…