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Construction Employment Increases In 32 States And D.C. From April 2024 To Last Month; But Only 24 States Added Jobs From March To April

 

Texas and New Mexico Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While Washington Has the Worst Yearly Losses; California and Virginia Top Lists of Monthly Gainers While Washington and Alaska Have the Worst Monthly Losses

Motorists Are Almost Twice As Likely To Die In A Work Zone Crash As Construction Workers As Officials Push For Stronger Laws, More Enforcement

Sixty Percent of Highway Construction Firms Report Having at Least One Car Crash into their Work Zones During the Past Year, New Survey by the Associated General Contractors of America and HCSS Finds

Kiewit Infrastructure’s Michael Svoboda Wins Inaugural Bowen Prize For Great Builders For His Field Leadership On Nashville’s Broadway Bridge

Association’s Education & Research Foundation Presented a $50,000 Check to Svoboda’s Alma Mater, the University of Wyoming’s Construction Management Program on His Behalf to Help Support Future Leaders

Watsonville, Calif.-based Granite Construction Awarded For Innovative Tailored AI Training Tool Designed To Pass Along Retirees’ Knowledge

 

Association Presents Firm with $7,000 to Help Share its New Tool that Uses Artificial Intelligence Makes Sure to Collect Insights from Senior Asphalt Paving Professionals before they Retire

Construction Sector Adds 11,000 Jobs In April But New Tariffs Threaten To Drive Up Construction Costs, Cause Project Owners To Put Plans On Hold

 

Industry Adds Jobs at Faster Rate than Overall Economy as Average Hourly Wages Outpace Rise in Private Sector Earnings; Construction Unemployment Rate of 5.6 Percent Matches Year-Ago Level