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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT CLIMBS BY 52,000 IN JANUARY TO 11-YEAR PEAK; INDUSTRY WORKWEEK HITS ALL-TIME HIGH AS UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO LOW

Thu, 01/31/2019 - 19:00

Government Data on Construction Spending, Association Survey Find Demand for All Project Types; Officials Call for More Funds for Training and Education, Immigration Reform to Keep Work on Track

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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 273 OUT OF 358 METROS IN 2018 AMID STRONG DEMAND, BUT LABOR SHORTAGES LIKELY PREVENTED ADDITIONAL GAINS

Tue, 01/29/2019 - 06:00

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Weirton-Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio Have Largest Annual Gains; Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, Calif. and Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, Mass.-N.H. Have Biggest Losses

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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN DECEMBER 2018 IN 43 STATES AND D.C.; 26 STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER

Fri, 01/18/2019 - 06:45

Texas and Connecticut Have Biggest Number and Percent of Annual Job Gains as South Carolina Lags;Florida and South Dakota Have Largest One-Month Gains, While Iowa Has Largest Decreases

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CONSTRUCTION COSTS DIP IN DECEMBER BUT MOST MATERIALS AND SERVICES PRICES ACCELERATE IN 2018; NEW-BUILDING PRICE INDEX ALSO RISES FOR YEAR

Tue, 01/15/2019 - 07:15

Contractors are Raising Construction Prices Amid Tight Labor Market Conditions and Increases in the Cost of Many of the Materials they Use to Build Projects

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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES BY 38,000 IN DECEMBER AND 280,000 IN 2018; HOURLY PAY JUMPS 3.9 PERCENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS TO 5.1 PERCENT

Fri, 01/04/2019 - 06:30

Industry’s Job and Pay Gains Outpace Overall Economy; Association Survey Finds Contractors Plan To Add Workers, Invest in Training and Technology in 2019 but Expect Difficulty in Filling Positions

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SEVENTY-NINE PERCENT OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS PLAN TO EXPAND HEADCOUNT IN 2019, BUT MOST ARE ALSO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR ABILITY TO FIND QUALIFIED WORKERS

Wed, 01/02/2019 - 05:30

Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019 but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to survey results released today by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate. The findings are detailed in Contractors Remain Confident About Demand, Worried About Labor Supply: The 2019 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook Report.

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