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Construction Employment Falls In A Quarter Of Metro Areas Between November 2022 And November 2023 As Contractors Struggle To Fill Jobs

By admin@agcfla.build | January 3, 2024 | Comments Off on Construction 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…

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Construction Spending Rises 0.4 Percent In November, As Homebuilding And Private Nonresidential Spending Gains Offset Decline In Public Projects

By andrea@agcfla.build | January 2, 2024 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Rises 0.4 Percent In November, As Homebuilding And Private Nonresidential Spending Gains Offset Decline In Public Projects

Tue, 01/02/2024 – 12:40 New Spending Data Comes as Construction Association Gets Ready to Release Industry’s Predictions for Construction Spending Trends in 2024, Need for…

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Construction Firms Add 2,000 Jobs In November, But Accelerating Pay Rate For Hourly Employees Suggests Demand For Workers Remains Strong

By andrea@agcfla.build | December 8, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 2,000 Jobs In November, But Accelerating Pay Rate For Hourly Employees Suggests Demand For Workers Remains Strong

Record October Job Openings Indicate Contractors are Struggling to Attract and Retain Skilled Workers amid Tight Overall Labor Market; Association Officials Call for Investments in…

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Construction Spending Increases 0.6 Percent In October, With Gains For Public And Private Nonresidential Projects, Along With Homebuilding

By admin@agcfla.build | December 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction 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…

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Construction Employment Increases In 226 Of 358 Metro Areas Between October 2022 & 2023 As Labor Shortages Keep Firms From Hiring More

By admin@agcfla.build | November 29, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction 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.…

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Latest ConstructorCast: Constructing Cyber Resilience

By admin@agcfla.build | November 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Latest 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,…

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Construction Employment Rises In 40 States & D.C. From October 2022 To October 2023, While 22 States Increased Headcount Last Month

By admin@agcfla.build | November 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction 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…

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Construction Association Sues To Block Biden Administration’s Unlawful Effort To Expand The Reach Of The Decades-Old Davis-Bacon Law

By andrea@agcfla.build | November 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Association Sues To Block Biden Administration’s Unlawful Effort To Expand The Reach Of The Decades-Old Davis-Bacon Law

Tue, 11/07/2023 – 14:08 Administration Lacks the Legal Authority to Expand Coverage to Areas Specifically Excluded in the Law, or to Retroactively Impose Davis-Bacon Stipulations…

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Construction Sector Adds 23,000 Jobs In October As Unemployment Rate Falls To 4.0 Percent; Record Job Openings Point To Need For More Workers

By andrea@agcfla.build | November 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 23,000 Jobs In October As Unemployment Rate Falls To 4.0 Percent; Record Job Openings Point To Need For More Workers

Fri, 11/03/2023 – 11:19 Both Residential and Nonresidential Firms Boost Employment as Average Hourly Pay for Construction Craft Workers Increases 5.4 Percent over the Year,…

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Construction Spending Increases 0.4 Percent As Record-high September Job Openings Imply Contractors Are Struggling To Keep Up With Demand

By andrea@agcfla.build | November 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Increases 0.4 Percent As Record-high September Job Openings Imply Contractors Are Struggling To Keep Up With Demand

Wed, 11/01/2023 – 12:31 Both Residential and Nonresidential Spending Post Monthly Increases while Sharp Decline in Hiring Suggests Further Growth in Spending May Be Difficult…

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