Browse by Date - 202206

Suspending The Federal Gas Tax Won’t Provide Relief At The Pump, But Will Add To The Pain Of Using America’s Roads And Rails

 

Construction Official Says “Desperate” Proposal Won’t Address Root Causes of Higher Fuel Prices, But Will Blow a Huge Hole in the Federal Highway Trust Fund and Undermine Efforts to Fix Infrastructure

Forty-Three States & D.C. Add Construction Jobs During the Past Year, But Only 22 States Added Construction Jobs Between April & May Amid Labor and Supply Shortages

 

Texas & New Mexico Have Strongest Gains Since May 2021, While Kentucky & Hawaii Have Worst Declines; Texas & Minnesota Top Lists of One-Month Increases, New York & North Dakota Lose Most Last Month

Construction Employment Climbs By 36,000 In May, While Hourly Earnings Rise At Fastest Yearly Rate In 40 Years As Firms Scramble To Fill Positions

 

Association Officials Push for New Construction Training Programs & Immigration Reforms as Labor Shortages Lead to Record Job Openings that are Undermining Construction Activity

Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements Would Keep Three-Quarters of Firms from Bidding on New Federal Projects, Survey Finds

 

Survey of Federal Contractors Also Finds that the Biden Administration’s Plans to Impose Project Labor Agreements Will Make It Harder for Firms to Subcontract with Small, Minority & Disadvantaged Businesses

Nonresidential Construction Spending Declines In April As Contractors Struggle To Find Workers Amid Record Job Openings, Low Unemployment

 

Construction Association Officials Say Workforce Shortages are Limiting Construction Activity, Urge Leaders to Boost Funding for Construction-Focused Education & Training Programs, Reform Immigration