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Construction Association And Coalition Of Employer Groups Files Suit To Block Biden Administration’s Unlawful New Waters Of The U.S. Rule

By admin@agcfla.build | January 19, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Association And Coalition Of Employer Groups Files Suit To Block Biden Administration’s Unlawful New Waters Of The U.S. Rule

Associated General Contractors of America Partners with Other Groups in Challenging Rule’s Unlawful Effort to Regulate Large Sections of Dry Land and Wet Areas Lacking…

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Overall Costs For Construction Materials Decline Steeply In December But Contractors Remain Wary Costs Will Go Up Again In The Year Ahead

By admin@agcfla.build | January 18, 2023 | Comments Off on Overall Costs For Construction Materials Decline Steeply In December But Contractors Remain Wary Costs Will Go Up Again In The Year Ahead

Prices for Some Key Components Have Already Begun Rising in January While New Buy America Requirements Will Inflate the Cost of Many Materials, Construction Association…

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Construction Adds 28,000 Employees In December And Raises Pay 6.1 Percent As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record December Low Of 4.4 Percent

By admin@agcfla.build | January 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Adds 28,000 Employees In December And Raises Pay 6.1 Percent As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record December Low Of 4.4 Percent

Association Survey Finds Contractors Optimistic about Adding Workers in 2023 But Worried about Finding Enough Workers to Fill Positions; Calls for Immigration Reform and Investments…

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Construction Firms Look To Public Sector Demand As Outlook For Private-Sector Projects Dims In 2023; 69 Percent Of Firms Plan To Hire In The New Year

By admin@agcfla.build | January 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Look To Public Sector Demand As Outlook For Private-Sector Projects Dims In 2023; 69 Percent Of Firms Plan To Hire In The New Year

New Industry Outlook Survey Shows Contractors Expect Infrastructure and Other Public-Sector Funding Will Help As Growth Slows for Many Types of Private Construction, but Labor…

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Construction Spending Edges Up 0.2 Percent In November As Homebuilding Drop, Stalled Public Projects Offset Most Private Nonresidential Gains

By admin@agcfla.build | January 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Edges Up 0.2 Percent In November As Homebuilding Drop, Stalled Public Projects Offset Most Private Nonresidential Gains

Association Officials Urge Biden Administration to Address Infrastructure Regulatory and Funding Delays, Will Release 2023 Outlook During Virtual Briefing on January 4th Offering Hiring and…

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Construction Employment Grows in 268 of 358 Metro Areas From November 2021 to 2022 as Demand Outpaces Labor Supply in Some Markets

By admin@agcfla.build | December 21, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Grows in 268 of 358 Metro Areas From November 2021 to 2022 as Demand Outpaces Labor Supply in Some Markets

Construction employment increased in 268 of 358 metro areas between November 2021 and November 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of…

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Construction Employment Increases in 38 States Between October And November, While 42 States Add Jobs Since November 2021

By admin@agcfla.build | December 16, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases in 38 States Between October And November, While 42 States Add Jobs Since November 2021

Florida and Rhode Island Lead in Monthly Job Gains, While Texas and Colorado Have Largest Decreases; California and North Dakota Top List of Year-over-Year Gains, While…

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Construction Materials Costs Rise 10.1 Percent Between November 2021 And November 2022 With Double-Digit Increases In Numerous Building Products

By admin@agcfla.build | December 9, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Materials Costs Rise 10.1 Percent Between November 2021 And November 2022 With Double-Digit Increases In Numerous Building Products

New Data Shows the Construction Industry Continues to Struggle to Offset Rising Prices for Materials and Subcontractor Services, As Price Decline in Latest Month Fails…

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Construction Group Releases New Mental Health Public Service Videos To Help Reduce Suicide And Addiction Among Construction Workers

By admin@agcfla.build | December 6, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Group Releases New Mental Health Public Service Videos To Help Reduce Suicide And Addiction Among Construction Workers

New Videos Featuring Stories from Workers Who Overcame Challenges are Part of the Associated General Contractors of America’s Efforts to Address High Rates of Suicide…

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Construction Adds 20,000 Employees In November As Average Hourly Pay Jumps More Than 6 Percent, Outpacing Overall Private Sector Increase

By admin@agcfla.build | December 2, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Adds 20,000 Employees In November As Average Hourly Pay Jumps More Than 6 Percent, Outpacing Overall Private Sector Increase

But Record-Tying Low Unemployment Rate of 3.9 Percent and Elevated Number of Job Openings Suggest Construction Industry Continues to Fall Short of Hiring as Many Workers…

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