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Construction Employment Increases In 218 Of 358 Metro Areas From April 2023 To April 2024 As Worker Scarcity Limits Gains In Some Markets
Wed, 05/29/2024 – 11:36 Baton Rouge, La. and Fairbanks, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. and Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment rose in 218, or 61 percent, of 358 metro areas between April 2023 and April 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors…
Read MoreNearly Two-Thirds Of Firms Working On Highway Upgrades Experienced Vehicles Crashing Into Work Zones During The Past Year, New Data Finds
Thu, 05/23/2024 – 12:30 Workers Plead with Drivers to Slow Down in New Videos, Construction Officials Call for Tougher Safety and Education Measures as Annual Survey Details Growing Risks to Drivers & Workers from Work Zone Crashes Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles crashed into their construction work zones during the past…
Read MoreAssociated General Contractors Of America Joins With U.S. Chamber Of Commerce, Other Groups Sue To Block Dangerous “Walkaround” Rule
Tue, 05/21/2024 – 12:33 Groups Oppose Occupational Safety and Health Administration Measure that Forces Contractors to Let Potentially Anyone, Regardless of Safety Training, Construction Experience or Intent onto a Jobsite Today, the Associated General Contractors of America, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a coalition of business groups, filed a lawsuit in the…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Falls In A Quarter Of Metro Areas Between November 2022 And November 2023 As Contractors Struggle To Fill Jobs
Wed, 01/03/2024 – 10:21 Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La. Lead in Job Gains While Orange-Rockland-Westchester, N.Y. Experiences Worst Losses; Construction Association Prepares to Release Survey Reporting Mixed Conditions Construction employment declined in almost a quarter of metro areas between November 2022 and November 2023 as demand tapered in some parts of the country and…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Increases 0.6 Percent In October, With Gains For Public And Private Nonresidential Projects, Along With Homebuilding
Mixed Patterns within Categories Suggest Market is Shifting but Remains Strong Overall; Manufacturing, Power, Education, and Single-Family Spending Pickup Offset Drop in Highway and Multifamily Projects Total construction spending increased by 0.6 percent in October, led by strong gains for manufacturing, power, and education projects as well as single-family homebuilding, according to an analysis of…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Increases In 226 Of 358 Metro Areas Between October 2022 & 2023 As Labor Shortages Keep Firms From Hiring More
New York City and Baton Rouge, La. Register the Largest Number and Percent of Job Gains over 12 Months; Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Kankakee, Ill. Experience Worst Year-over-Year Losses Construction employment increased in 226, or 63 percent, of 358 metro areas between October 2022 and October 2023, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of…
Read MoreLatest ConstructorCast: Constructing Cyber Resilience
Constructing Cyber Resilience: Join us as we explore the dynamic intersection of cybersecurity and the commercial construction industry. Our guest, CJ Dietzman at Alliant Insurance Services, talks about the latest trends in cyber threats, risk management strategies, and innovative solutions shaping the future of digital resilience on construction sites. Don’t miss this insightful episode for a…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Rises In 40 States & D.C. From October 2022 To October 2023, While 22 States Increased Headcount Last Month
California and Kentucky Top Rankings of Year-over-Year Increases, While Colorado and North Dakota Lag; Ohio and Kentucky Lead in Monthly Gains, While Tennessee and Rhode Island Experience Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 40 states and the District of Columbia in October from a year earlier, while 22 states added construction jobs from September to October,…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Rises By 11,000 Jobs In September But Firms Struggle To Fill Openings Despite 5.5 Percent Increase In Hourly Pay
Employment Dips at Nonresidential Firms, As Industry’s 3.8 Percent Unemployment Rate and Large Number of Job Openings Point to Difficulty Finding Qualified Workers in Tight Job Market The construction industry added 11,000 jobs in September as unemployment rates for the sector remained at historically low levels, prompting contractors to raise pay faster than for other…
Read MoreFlorida builders face down Idalia
As residents and businesses boarded up structures, contractors tied down materials and prepared for flood mitigation. Hurricane Idalia began to whip across Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday morning. The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the storm reached Category 4 status with 130 mph winds when it made landfall in Taylor County, the Orlando Sentinel reported.…
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