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CONSTRUCTION GROUP CALLS FOR BETTER SAFETY MEASURES AS NEW DATA SHOWS 39 PERCENT OF ROAD CONTRACTORS SUFFERED CAR CRASHES IN WORK ZONES

Construction Officials Urge Summer Travel Motorists to Stay Alert While Driving through Work Zones, Noting Highway Workers are at Risk while Drivers and Passengers are Even More Likely to Be Hurt or Killed

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 42 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER LATEST 12 MONTHS, WHILE ONLY 23 STATES ADD JOBS FROM MARCH TO APRIL

California and Hawaii Add Most Jobs for the Year, North Dakota Has Biggest Actual and Percentage Declines; California and Idaho Top Monthly List of Gainers, Tennessee and Rhode Island Have Largest Monthly Decreases 

ADMINISTRATION’S REFUSAL TO ACCEPT CENTRAL STATES RETIREMENT FUNDS’ RESCUE PLAN WILL FORCE “DRACONIAN” CUTS ON ALL ITS MEMBERS

Nation’s Top Construction Official Says Federal Officials Refusal to Let Plan Take Voluntary Steps to Keep the Funds Solvent Puts Political Considerations over the Need to Protect Retirees

CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ADD 1,000 JOBS IN APRIL AND 261,000 FOR THE YEAR AS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LAUNCHES NEW PROGRAM TO CONNECT FIRMS WITH WORKERS

Despite Monthly Slowdown, Construction Hiring Outpaced Overall Jobs Market On a Year-Over-Year Basis, New AGC Career Center Will Help Firms Find Qualified Workers Amid Growing Labor Shortages

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING POSTS SOLID MONTHLY AND YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES IN MARCH, DRIVEN BY GROWTH IN MANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CATEGORIES

Most Private Segments Recorded Strong Gains for the Year as Total Spending Reaches 9-Year High; Key Public-Sector Segments Also Experiences Large Increases, Including Highway and Street Construction