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09/21/2009 FAILURE TO PASS HIGHWAY & TRANSIT LEGISLATION WILL CRIPPLE NATION'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, UNDERMINE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
09/17/2009 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 48 STATES IN AUGUST COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AS INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SUFFER
09/14/2009 CONSTRUCTION COST TREND REMAINS NEGATIVE DESPITE AUGUST INCREASES, TOP CONSTRUCTION ECONOMIST NOTES
09/10/2009 BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NAMED TOP COLLEGIATE CONSTRUCTION GROUP IN COUNTRY FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW
09/10/2009 CAL STATE CHICO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NAMED ONE OF TOP COLLEGIATE CONSTRUCTION GROUPS IN COUNTRY
09/10/2009 KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NAMED ONE OF TOP COLLEGIATE CONSTRUCTION GROUPS IN COUNTRY
09/10/2009 STUDENT GROUPS IN IDAHO, CALIFORNIA AND KANSAS WIN NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR TACKLING TOUGH CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
09/03/2009 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF ALL JOBS LOST THIS AUGUST AS INDUSTRY REMAINS THE HARDEST HIT
08/31/2009 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SLIDES IN JULY AS STIMULUS DOLLARS 'TRICKLE' OUT TO CONTRACTORS, TOP INDUSTRY ECONOMIST NOTES
08/30/2009 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHRINKS IN 319 OF THE NATION'S 336 LARGEST METRO AREAS IN JULY, CONTINUING MONTHS-LONG SLIDE

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