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09/18/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 36 STATES DURING THE PAST YEAR, 28 STATES ADD JOBS BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST AS DEMAND CONTINUES TO SPREAD
09/04/2014 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT HITS FIVE-YEAR HIGH AS SECTOR ADDS 20,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO 7.7 PERCENT
09/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING IN JULY REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE LATE 2008 WITH MONTHLY AND YEAR-OVER-YEAR GAINS FOR ALL MAJOR CATEGORIES
08/26/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 223 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JULY 2013 & 2014 AS 25 PERCENT OF FIRMS REPORT TURNING DOWN WORK BECAUSE OF LABOR SHORTAGES
08/24/2014 FIRST NATIONAL PRIVATE INSURANCE EXCHANGE TO SERVE THE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BEGINS OFFERING FIRMS COVERAGE QUOTES TODAY
08/17/2014 JULY CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 39 STATES FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 34 STATES FROM PRIOR MONTH BUT CONCERNS GROW ABOUT WORKER AVAILABILITY
07/31/2014 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 22,000 JOBS IN JULY AS SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DECLINES TO 7.5 PERCENT, BUT SPENDING RETREATS IN JUNE
07/29/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 215 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JUNE 2013 & JUNE 2014 AS 26 AREAS EXCEED PREVIOUS HIGHS FOR THE MONTH
07/17/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 38 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO BUT DECLINED IN 27 STATES FROM MAY TO JUNE AS RECOVERY REMAINS 'CHOPPY'
07/09/2014 NEW REPORT SHOWING AMERICA'S RURAL ROADS HAVE SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES AND HIGH FATALITY RATES IS A STARK REMINDER OF NEED FOR NEW HIGHWAY FUNDING