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Construction Materials Prices Rise 0.5 Percent In April While Bid Prices Slip, Reversing Recent Pattern And Squeezing Contractor Profits

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Materials Prices Rise 0.5 Percent In April While Bid Prices Slip, Reversing Recent Pattern And Squeezing Contractor Profits

Double-Digit Annual Cost Increases Persist for Several Materials Despite Recent Price Declines for Some; Association Officials Say Administration’s Approach to Buy America Rules is Contributing to…

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Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs In April As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low For The Month As Firms Struggle To Find Workers

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs In April As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low For The Month As Firms Struggle To Find Workers

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

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Construction Employment Increases In 259 Of 358 Metro Areas From March 2022 To March 2023 As Manufacturing Projects Drive Demand

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 259 Of 358 Metro Areas From March 2022 To March 2023 As Manufacturing Projects Drive Demand

Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Fairbanks, AK Experience Largest Number and Percentage of Gains; Lawton, Okla. and Sacramento—Roseville—Arden-Arcade, Calif. Have Most Extensive Construction Job Losses Construction employment increased…

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Construction Spending Inches Up In March As Big Boost In Manufacturing Activity Offsets Declines In Residential & Some Nonresidential Segments

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Inches Up In March As Big Boost In Manufacturing Activity Offsets Declines In Residential & Some Nonresidential Segments

Construction Officials Say Permitting Delays Appear to Be Holding Up Public Construction Activity, Warn that Firms Continue to Struggle to Find Enough Workers to Hire Amid…

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Construction Employment Rises In 44 States Between March 2022 And Last Month, While 20 States Add Employees From February To March

By bailey@agcfla.build | April 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Rises In 44 States Between March 2022 And Last Month, While 20 States Add Employees From February To March

Texas and Rhode Island Top List of Yearly Gains, While California and West Virginia Experience Worst Losses; Texas and Kentucky Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While…

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Miami-based Coastal Construction Awarded For Creating New Artificial Intelligence Tool That Saves Firms Ten-thousand Hours Of Work A Year

By bailey@agcfla.build | April 21, 2023 | Comments Off on Miami-based Coastal Construction Awarded For Creating New Artificial Intelligence Tool That Saves Firms Ten-thousand Hours Of Work A Year

Coastal Construction Wins AGC/Autodesk Innovation Award for Developing Togal.AI, a Software Program that Uses AI and Machine Learning to Analyze Construction Drawings and Provide Quantity…

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Purdue University Professor Named Top Educator Of 2023 In The Field Of Construction Education, According To National Trade Association

By bailey@agcfla.build | April 17, 2023 | Comments Off on Purdue University Professor Named Top Educator Of 2023 In The Field Of Construction Education, According To National Trade Association

Associated General Contractors of America Names Bryan Hubbard of Purdue University as Outstanding Educator Top and Dr. Reza Akhavian of San Diego State University Received…

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Construction Input Prices Dip 0.1 Percent In March With Wide Variation Among Key Goods And Services, Adding To Uncertainty About Future Costs

By bailey@agcfla.build | April 14, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Input Prices Dip 0.1 Percent In March With Wide Variation Among Key Goods And Services, Adding To Uncertainty About Future Costs

Drop in Energy Costs Offsets Jump in Asphalt and Steel Prices as Double-Digit Annual Increases for Some Materials Persist; Association Officials Say Federal Rules are…

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University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Has One Of The Nation’s Most Outstanding Student Construction Chapters Of 2022, According To National Association

By bailey@agcfla.build | April 14, 2023 | Comments Off on University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Has One Of The Nation’s Most Outstanding Student Construction Chapters Of 2022, According To National Association

Associated General Contractors of America Also Names Chapters at Iowa State University and Pittsburg State University Winners of its Annual Contest to Recognize the Most Successful AGC…

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Construction Sector Sheds 9,000 Jobs In March As Low Unemployment Rates And High Number Of Job Openings Indicate A Lack Of Workers, Not Demand

By bailey@agcfla.build | April 10, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Sheds 9,000 Jobs In March As Low Unemployment Rates And High Number Of Job Openings Indicate A Lack Of Workers, Not Demand

Labor Shortages are Making it Harder for Firms to Replace Retiring Workers as Construction Officials Continue to Call for New Construction Education and Training Support…

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