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PRICES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CLIMB AT HIGHEST RATE SINCE PANDEMIC, DRIVEN BY STEEP COST INCREASES FOR FUEL, ALUMINUM, COPPER AND DELIVERIES

Construction Association Officials Warn that Prices for the Materials Contractors Need to Build Projects are Rising Far Faster than What Firms are Able to Charge to Build Those Projects

Construction Employment Increases By 17,000 In May As Both Nonresidential And Residential Firms Add Jobs; Hourly Pay Rises By 5.0 Percent For The Year

Industry Employment and Wage Gains Continue to Outpace Overall Labor Market But Future Job Growth May Stall from Growing Community Backlash to Data Centers, Risk Congress Won’t Pass New Highway Bill on Time

Construction Spending Rises 0.9 Percent Annually In April; Association Urges Officials To Renew Highway And Transit Funding By September

Contracting Officials Cite Vital Role of Highway Spending in Supporting Economic Growth Nationwide As They Note Total Nonresidential Construction Spending Has Risen Only When Road Projects Increase