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Construction Employment Increases In 221 Of 358 Metro Areas From June 2022 To June 2023 As Firms Struggle To Find Qualified Workers

By admin@agcfla.build | August 2, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 221 Of 358 Metro Areas From June 2022 To June 2023 As Firms Struggle To Find Qualified Workers

Wed, 08/02/2023 – 16:56 Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Corvallis, Ore. Experience Largest Number and Percentage of Gains; St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. and Monroe, Mich. Have Most Extensive Construction…

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Construction Spending Grows 0.5 Percent In June To An Annual Rate Of $1.94 Trillion As Demand For Residential & Nonresidential Construction Rises

By admin@agcfla.build | August 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Grows 0.5 Percent In June To An Annual Rate Of $1.94 Trillion As Demand For Residential & Nonresidential Construction Rises

Solid Gains in Commercial, Manufacturing and Office Construction Offset Declines in Power and Highway and Street Construction Between May and June as Association Officials Call…

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Construction Employment Increases In 45 States From June 2022 To June 2023, While 33 States Add Construction Employees From May To June

By admin@agcfla.build | July 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 45 States From June 2022 To June 2023, While 33 States Add Construction Employees From May To June

Texas and Arkansas Top List of Yearly Gains, While Missouri, North Dakota, and Vermont Have Worst Losses; Texas and South Dakota Lead in Monthly Job Increases,…

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Construction Firms Add 23,000 Jobs In June As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Sets 24-year Low Of 3.6 Percent And Craft Workers’ Hourly Pay Tops $34

By bailey@agcfla.build | July 7, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 23,000 Jobs In June As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Sets 24-year Low Of 3.6 Percent And Craft Workers’ Hourly Pay Tops $34

Construction Gains Were Evenly Split Between Residential and Nonresidential Firms for the Month, But Near-Record Job Openings at End of May Point to Ongoing Challenges…

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Construction Spending Shows Mixed Results in May as Infrastructure Categories Lag While Manufacturing Projects and Homebuilding Surge

By bailey@agcfla.build | July 5, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Shows Mixed Results in May as Infrastructure Categories Lag While Manufacturing Projects and Homebuilding Surge

Construction Association Urges Federal Officials to Issue Timely, Clear, and Consistent Regulations That Will Facilitate Spending to Proceed on a Wide Range of Projects Already Approved…

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Construction Employment Increases In 230 Of 358 Metro Areas From May 2022 To May 2023 As Contractors Try To Hire Amid Worker Shortages

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 29, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 230 Of 358 Metro Areas From May 2022 To May 2023 As Contractors Try To Hire Amid Worker Shortages

Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. Experience Largest Number and Percentage of Gains; Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Monroe, Mich. Have Most Extensive Construction Job Losses Construction…

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Construction Employment Increases In 42 States And D.C. From May 2022 To May 2023, While 24 States Add Construction Employees For The Month

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 19, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 42 States And D.C. From May 2022 To May 2023, While 24 States Add Construction Employees For The Month

Texas and Arkansas Top List of Yearly Increases, While Colorado and Connecticut Experience Worst Losses; California and Louisiana Lead in Monthly Job Gains, While Indiana and…

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Construction Materials And Services Prices Decline 0.6 Percent In May While Bid Prices Edge Up 0.1 Percent As Supply Chain Improves Broadly

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Materials And Services Prices Decline 0.6 Percent In May While Bid Prices Edge Up 0.1 Percent As Supply Chain Improves Broadly

Construction Firms are Getting Some Needed Relief from Rising Materials Costs, but New Buy America Rules Will Pose a Big Challenge to Firms Trying to…

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Construction Firms Add 25,000 Jobs In May As Sector’s Unemployment Falls To Second Lowest May Rate While Pay Levels Jump 6 Percent

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 25,000 Jobs In May As Sector’s Unemployment Falls To Second Lowest May Rate While Pay Levels Jump 6 Percent

Most of the Construction Gains Occurred in the Nonresidential Construction Sector While Firms Now Pay Workers 19 Percent More Compared to the Average Job as…

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Construction Spending Soars In April As Gains In Multifamily And Most Nonresidential Segments Outweigh Slump In Single-family Homebuilding

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Soars In April As Gains In Multifamily And Most Nonresidential Segments Outweigh Slump In Single-family Homebuilding

Construction Officials Caution that Growing Demand for Many Types of Projects Will Strain Already Tight Labor Conditions, Urge Federal Officials to Boost Construction Education Funding,…

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