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Mon, 03/11/2024 – 12:04 California and South Dakota Lead Rankings of Year-over-Year Increases, While New York and D.C. Lag; North Carolina, Arkansas, Hawaii, and Mississippi Top Monthly Gains, While Illinois Has Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 37 states in January from a year earlier, while 33 states added construction jobs between December and January, according…

Fri, 03/08/2024 – 10:36 New Data Aligns with Reports on Job Openings and Construction Spending That Point to Continuing Strong Demand for Workers;­­­­­­­ But Firms Continue to Struggle to Find Enough Qualified Workers to Hire The construction industry added 23,000 jobs in February—the most since August—as a strong gain in employment at nonresidential contractors offset…

Thu, 02/15/2024 – 09:33 Groups File Formal Request for Rulemaking Urging White House to Drop its Current Approach to Requirements that Risks Confusion and Delays on Key Construction Projects Four national trade associations petitioned the White House to make improvements in its implementation of “made in America” requirements for construction products and materials. They noted their members…

Wed, 02/07/2024 – 15:34 Dallas-Plano-Irving, Sioux Falls, S.D. Top Lists of Job Gains; Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Has Largest Loss as Pittsfield, Mass., Binghamton, N.Y., Orange-Rockland-Westchester, N.Y. Have Worst Percentage Decline Construction employment increased in 224 of 358 metro areas between December 2022 and December 2023, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government…

Fri, 02/02/2024 – 12:29 Construction Earnings Increased by 5.3 percent Year-over-Year to $35.21 an Hour as Firms Boost Wages in an Effort to Attract More Workers into the Sector Amid Strong Demand for Certain Types of Projects The construction industry added 11,000 jobs in January despite bouts of exceptionally cold or stormy weather that delayed…

Tue, 01/23/2024 – 13:48 South Dakota and Texas Leads Top Rankings of Year-over-Year Increases, While New York Lags; South Dakota and New Jersey Lead in Monthly Gains, While D.C. and Ohio Experience Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 35 states in December from a year earlier, while 32 states added construction jobs between November and December,…

AGC Charities, Inc. is teaming up with Sierra Pacific West to Organize a Volunteer Day to Make-A-Wish San Diego on Tuesday, March 19th at 8:30 am to 3 pm Spend March 19th volunteering to help out two families in need and showing San Diego how much our industry gives back. This year’s AGC Charities volunteer day is…

Wed, 01/10/2024 – 15:34 President Lacks Legal Authority to Impose Such Sweeping Labor Policy, Especially When the Government’s Own Data Shows Imposing Project Labor Agreements Fail to Produce Contracting Efficiencies, Association Notes The Associated General Contractors of America and its Louisiana AGC chapter filed suit today in federal court to block the Biden Administration’s unlawful effort…

Fri, 01/05/2024 – 10:34 Hourly Wages for Production Workers Climb 5.1 Percent over the Year, Outpacing Overall Private Sector; Association Survey Finds Most Contractors Plan to Add to Headcount in 2024 but Anticipate Difficulty The construction sector added 17,000 employees in December and continued to raise wages at a faster clip than other industries, the…

Construction Firms Have Mixed Outlook For 2024 As Expectations For Demand Remain Mostly Positive, But Less Upbeat Than Last Year Amid New Challenges New Industry Outlook Shows Firms Are Counting on Public Sector, Data Center and Manufacturing Construction to Offset Declines in Retail, Lodging & Office Work; Two-Thirds of Firms Plan to Hire; Many Worry…