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Construction Jobs Exceed Pre-Pandemic Level Only 18 States And D.C. As Firms Struggle To Find Qualified Workers To Keep Up With Demand | Dec. 17, 2021 | News Friday, 12/17/2021 – 12:36 p.m. Texas, Louisiana Have Worst Losses Since February 2020, While Florida, South Dakota Top Gainers Louisiana Registers Worst One-Month Job Losses, While Florida, Montana Lead the List…

Construction Association And Two Of Its Chapters File Suit To Block The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate For Federal Contractors | Dec. 15, 2021 | News Tuesday, 12/14/2021 – 4:45 p.m. The Associated General Contractors of America, along with Two of its Texas-based Chapters, Requests a Temporary Restraining Order, Noting Federal Contractors are Already Being Harmed by the Mandate…

Only 16 States And D.C. Added Construction Jobs Since Pandemic Began As Build Back Better Bill Threatens To Undermine Sector’s Recovery Texas, Wyoming Have Worst Job Losses Since February 2020, While Utah South Dakota Add the Most; South Carolina and New Hampshire Have Worst One-Month Losses, While Louisiana is the Top Gainer Only 16 states and…

Most Contractors Report Significant Flaws With The Nation’s 811 Utility Location System, Citing Inaccurate Locates And Slow Response Times More than Half of Firms Report Damages and Near Misses With Utility Lines After Using the 811 Service Because Lines Were Unmarked or Marked Incorrectly; Most Firms Want to Be Involved in Local 811 Boards There…

Construction Industry Challenges OSHA’s New COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate, Noting That Measure Exceeds Agency’s Authority Leading Construction Associations Challenge Emergency Temporary Standard, Noting it Will Put Firms at Risk of Losing Workers to Smaller Employers Instead of Getting More People Vaccinated Today, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the American Road & Transportation Builders Association…