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NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION AWARDS STUDENT GROUPS IN IOWA, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA WITH OUTSTANDING CHAPTER AWARD

Three College Organizations Receive Top Awards for Building a Better Quality of Life in their Community

Iowa State University, Oregon State University and California State University Chico are home to the nation’s top collegiate construction associations this year, according to an analysis of award applications conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America.  As a result, the three student groups each received the association’s Outstanding Student Chapter award.

FORTY-FOUR STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN 2015 WHILE 39 STATES AND D.C. ADD JOBS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AMID STRONG DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION IN MOST STATES

California and Hawaii Add Most Jobs for the Year, North Dakota Has Biggest Annual Declines; California and West Virginia Top Monthly List of Gainers, Wyoming and Pennsylvania Have Largest One-Month Drop

SEVENTY-ONE PERCENT OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS PLAN TO EXPAND HEADCOUNT IN 2016 AS CONTRACTORS EXPECT A RANGE OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MARKETS TO GROW

Firms in Kansas Lead Other States in Hiring Optimism; Contractors’ Optimism is Tempered by Worries Over Worker Shortages, New Regulatory Burdens and IT Security, New AGC of America and Sage Outlook Finds

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING MAINTAINS STRONG RATE OF YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN NOVEMBER EVEN AS SPENDING SLIPS COMPARED TO A MONTH EARLIER

New Figures Show “Divergent” Trends for Residential, Private Residential and Public Construction as Once Fast-Growing Categories Such as Multifamily, Manufacturing and Lodging Construction Have Stalled