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Construction Spending Slides 0.3 Percent In June As Drop In Homebuilding And Major Public Segments Outweighs Selected Nonresidential Gains Construction Spending Dropped to a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of$2.148 trillion in June as Construction Officials Urge Biden Administration to Ease Regulatory Barriers for Infrastructure Projects Construction spending slid 0.3 percent from May to June as…

Tue, 07/30/2024 – 11:45 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Lawton, Okla. Experience Highest Number and Percentage  of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While New York City and Duluth, Minn.-Wis. Have Worst Job Losses Construction employment rose in 215, or 60 percent, of 358 metro areas between June 2023 and June 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors…

Fri, 07/19/2024 – 13:01 Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Year-over-Year Gains, While New York and D.C. Lag; Texas, Nevada Lead in Number and Percent of Monthly Gains, While New York and Vermont Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 35 states in June from a year earlier, while 29 states added construction…

Fri, 07/05/2024 – 10:36 Most of the Construction Gains Occurred in the Nonresidential Construction Sector While Firms Now Pay Workers Nearly 19 Percent More Compared to the Average Job as they Struggle to Recruit New People The construction sector added 27,000 jobs in June while its unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent, its lowest rate…

Tue, 07/02/2024 – 13:00 Construction Association Officials Note that New Proposal, However, Fails to Address Regional Weather Variations, Should Outline Steps Workers Must Take to Protect Themselves from Heat Exposure The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Jeffrey D. Shoaf, released the following statement in response to the release of a…

Tue, 07/02/2024 – 11:44 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Fairbanks, Alaska Top Lists of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. and Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment increased in 225, or 63 percent, of 358 metro areas between May 2023 and May 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America…

Mon, 07/01/2024 – 14:07 Census Bureau’s First Estimates for Data Centers Show Outlays Jumped 69 Percent Since May 2023; New Breakout Reveals Private Office Construction Plunged 18 Percent in Latest 12 Months Construction spending declined by 0.1 percent between April and May to a seasonally adjusted rate of $2.139 trillion, amid declines in demand for a range…

Tue, 06/25/2024 – 13:57 Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Year-over-Year Increases, While Maryland and D.C. Trail; Ohio Has Largest Number and Percent of Monthly Gains, While Tennessee and Maine Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 39 states in May from a year earlier, while 26 states added construction jobs between April…

Mon, 06/24/2024 – 15:08 Associated General Contractors of America Argues New Rule Exceeds Statutory Authority Under the Davis-Bacon Act, Court Agrees  The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) celebrates a significant legal victory in its ongoing efforts to protect members from overreaching federal regulations. Today, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas…

Thu, 06/13/2024 – 09:00 Eighty Percent of Federal Postsecondary Education Funds Go to Degree Programs that Only 38 Percent of Americans Complete, While Construction and other In-Demand Sectors Struggle to Find Qualified Workers Only one-fifth of federal investments in postsecondary education support workforce development for fields like construction and manufacturing, while the rest of the…