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National Construction Charity, Hilti North America And Hill & Wilkinson Lead Dozens Of Volunteers To Renovate Three South Dallas Homes

 

AGC Charities Inc.’s Annual Operation Opening Doors Project Involved Renovating Three Cedar Crest Homes Belonging to Elderly, Disabled Residents in Support of Rebuilding Together North Texas

Construction Employment In February Tops Pre-Pandemic Total In 32 States But Soaring Costs, Supply Chain Woes Threaten Further Gains

Florida and Idaho Have Strongest Recoveries from Two Years Ago, While New York, North Dakota Lag the Most, California and Rhode Island Top Lists of Gains from January, As Georgia Registers Worst One-Month Losses

Materials Prices For Nonresidential Construction Soar 21 Percent From February 2021 To February 2022; Association Warns Of More Cost Increases

Diesel Fuel Prices Spiked 57.5 Percent and Steel Mill Product Prices Surged by 74.4 Percent Compared to a Year Ago, Squeezing Already Narrow Margins for Contractors and Threatening Future Demand for Projects

Construction Employment Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels In 21 States And D.C. As Spiking Materials Prices Hinder Sector’s Recovery

New York & North Dakota Have Worst Losses Since February 2020, While Utah and Montana Added the Most, Illinois Registers Worst One-Month Job Loss, North Carolina & Mississippi Top Monthly Gains

Construction Industry Adds 60,000 Jobs In February As Hourly Wages Post Steepest Rise Since 1982; Competition For Workers Expected To Intensify

 

Contractors Association Urges Washington Officials to Boost Funding for Career and Technical Education, Open More Apprenticeship Opportunities to Attract and Prepare Workers for Careers in Construction

Construction Spending Rose In January From December And January 2021 But Public Construction Is Being Delayed By Inaction In Washington

 

Association Officials Note Congress Has Yet to Fund Promised Increases in Infrastructure Funding Outlined In the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act, While Administration Adds Restrictions Congress Didn’t Put in the Law