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06/19/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 40 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 30 STATES AND D.C. FROM APRIL TO MAY AS SECTOR SLOWLY REBUILDS
06/17/2014 NEW SENATE HIGHWAY FUNDING PROPOSAL PROVIDES THE KIND OF LONG-TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN COUNTRY'S AGING ROADS AND BRIDGES
06/09/2014 NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION JOINS HIRING OUR HEROES PROGRAM AS PART OF EFFORT TO ADD 100,000 VETERANS TO WORKFORCE IN FIVE YEARS
06/05/2014 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 6,000 JOBS IN MAY AS SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO 8.6 PERCENT, LOWEST MAY LEVEL IN SIX YEARS
06/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES MODESTLY IN APRIL FOR THIRD STRAIGHT MONTH AS GAINS IN HOUSING AND PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION OFFSET PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL DIP
05/26/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 220 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN APRIL 2013 & 2014 AS 22 AREAS EXCEED PREVIOUS HIGHS FOR THE MONTH
05/15/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 39 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 29 STATES AND D.C. FROM MARCH TO APRIL AS "FRAGILE" RECOVERY CONTINUES
05/14/2014 STRONG SENATE SUPPORT FOR HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT BILL SHOWS HOW MEASURE SHOULD PASS THROUGH CONGRESS WITH BIPARTISAN BACKING
05/14/2014 NEW WATER RESOURCES LEGISLATION WILL PROVIDE NEEDED REFORMS AND INVESTMENTS IN WATERWAYS, LOCKS, DAMS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
05/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO SEVEN-YEAR LOW OF 9.4 PERCENT AS PAYROLLS RISE BY 32,000 JOBS IN APRIL TO 6.0 MILLION, HIGHEST SINCE JUNE 2009