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Construction Spending Up In February But Slumping Rates Of Hires And Job Openings Suggest Contractors Expect Fewer Near-term Opportunities

By admin@agcfla.build | April 1, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Up In February But Slumping Rates Of Hires And Job Openings Suggest Contractors Expect Fewer Near-term Opportunities

Spending Rebounds for Both Residential and Nonresidential Construction, Following Widespread Severe Weather in January; Year-over-Year Growth Continues But More Slowly than Before Construction spending increased…

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Construction Employment Increases In 31 States And D.C. From February 2024 To Last Month; 27 States And D.C. Add Jobs Between January And February

By admin@agcfla.build | March 28, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 31 States And D.C. From February 2024 To Last Month; 27 States And D.C. Add Jobs Between January And February

Texas and New Mexico Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Montana Lag; Ohio and West Virginia Top Lists of Monthly Gains;…

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Construction Employment Increases In 34 States And D.C. From January 2024 To January 2025; 23 States Add Jobs Between December And January

By admin@agcfla.build | March 17, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 34 States And D.C. From January 2024 To January 2025; 23 States Add Jobs Between December And January

Texas and Idaho Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Massachusetts Lag; Utah and Idaho Top Lists of Monthly Gains; Florida and…

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Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Climb 0.5 Percent In February, With Tariff Impacts Likely To Push Prices Higher

By admin@agcfla.build | March 13, 2025 | Comments Off on Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Climb 0.5 Percent In February, With Tariff Impacts Likely To Push Prices Higher

Officials with the Associated General Contractors of America note that Rising Construction Costs will Make it Harder for Firms to Build the Kind of Manufacturing…

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Construction Sector Adds 19,000 Jobs In February; But Workforce And Tariff Worries Threaten To Undermine Future Job Growth In The Industry

By admin@agcfla.build | March 7, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 19,000 Jobs In February; But Workforce And Tariff Worries Threaten To Undermine Future Job Growth In The Industry

Construction Industry Adds Jobs in all Five Nonresidential and Residential Segments as Average Hourly Wages Rise to $36.55 an Increase of 4.0 Percent from a…

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Construction Outlays Slip In January As Potential Widespread Tariffs Threaten To Push Back Investment Decisions, Upend Costs And Supply Chain

By admin@agcfla.build | March 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Outlays Slip In January As Potential Widespread Tariffs Threaten To Push Back Investment Decisions, Upend Costs And Supply Chain

Spending Declines for Manufacturing, Educational, and Multifamily Construction, Outweighing Gains in Single-Family Homebuilding, Infrastructure Categories, and Data Center Projects Construction spending decreased 0.2 percent from…

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Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Rise 0.8 Percent In January As Contractors Brace For Impacts Of New Tariffs

By admin@agcfla.build | February 13, 2025 | Comments Off on Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Rise 0.8 Percent In January As Contractors Brace For Impacts Of New Tariffs

Association Warns that New 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel & Aluminum Are Likely to Drive Up Construction Costs, Delay Project Completions, Urges New Approach to…

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Feds Begin To Pull Project Labor Agreement Mandates In Wake Of Association-Backed Victory Over Biden’s Unlawful Executive Order

By admin@agcfla.build | February 11, 2025 | Comments Off on Feds Begin To Pull Project Labor Agreement Mandates In Wake Of Association-Backed Victory Over Biden’s Unlawful Executive Order

U.S. Military Announces it is Dropping PLA Mandate as Government Promises to Pull Mandate on All Twelve Projects that Were Subject to a Bid Protest…

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Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs in January; Nonresidential Job Gains Offset Declines in Residential as Average Wages Rose to $30.84 an Hour

By admin@agcfla.build | February 7, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs in January; Nonresidential Job Gains Offset Declines in Residential as Average Wages Rose to $30.84 an Hour

Tightening Labor Market Conditions, Amid Changes in Immigration Policy, Continued Under-Investments in Career & Technical Education, Could Undermine Employment Growth as Firms Struggle to Find…

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Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions

By admin@agcfla.build | February 5, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains over 12 Months, While New York City and Ithaca, N.Y.…

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