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03/07/2013 JEFFERSON PARISH'S HUEY P. LONG BRIDGE WIDENING PROJECT WINS GRAND AWARD FOR BEST CONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF 2012, ADDITIONAL 16 PROJECTS WIN ALLIANT BUILD AMERICA AWARDS
03/07/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT LEVEL HITS THREE-YEAR HIGH AS FIRMS ADD 48,000 JOBS IN FEBRUARY AND INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 15.7 PERCENT
03/06/2013 ARLINGTON'S HISTORIC GILA RIVER BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROJECT NAMED ONE OF 2012'S MOST SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION PARTNERSHIPS
03/03/2013 NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CHARITY GROUP BEGINS RENOVATIONS TO PALM SPRINGS' ANGEL VIEW, WHICH SUPPORTS LOCAL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
02/28/2013 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING LEVEL TUMBLED IN JANUARY FROM UPWARDLY REVISED DECEMBER TOTAL; YEAR-OVER-YEAR GAINS CONTINUE DESPITE PUBLIC SPENDING CUT
02/19/2013 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES INCREASE BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY AND FOR THE YEAR, EVEN AS SEQUESTRATION RISKS BILLIONS IN CONSTRUCTION CUTS
02/19/2013 PRESIDENT'S TRANSPORTATION PLAN SHEDS NEEDED LIGHT ON NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, BUT LACKS ESSENTIAL LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS
02/18/2013 NEW PROPOSAL TO REFORM MULTIEMPLOYER RETIREMENT PLANS WILL HELP HARD HIT CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS, PROTECT ECONOMY
02/18/2013 NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP TO RENOVATE PALM SPRINGS' ANGEL VIEW, WHICH SUPPORTS LOCAL INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AS PART OF CHARITY EFFORT
01/31/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT AND SPENDING LEVELS HIT THREE-YEAR HIGH AS FIRMS ADDED 28,000 JOBS IN JANUARY AND SPENDING INCREASED BY 7.8 PERCENT AT YEAR END