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Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs In May As Wages Rise And Firms Retain Workers, But Market Uncertainty Has Led To A Slowdown In Hiring

By admin@agcfla.build | June 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs In May As Wages Rise And Firms Retain Workers, But Market Uncertainty Has Led To A Slowdown In Hiring

Increases in Nonresidential Construction Employment were Tempered by Declines in Residential Construction Jobs; Average Hourly Earnings Up 4.7 Percent as Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.5…

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Construction Spending Decreases By 0.4 Percent From March To April And 0.5 Percent Over 12 Months, Marking First Year-over-year Drop Since 2019

By admin@agcfla.build | June 2, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Decreases By 0.4 Percent From March To April And 0.5 Percent Over 12 Months, Marking First Year-over-year Drop Since 2019

Private Nonresidential Investment and Homebuilding Decline as Uncertainty over Tariffs and Trade Friction Keeps Contractors and Owners Guessing about Costs and Demand for Upcoming Projects…

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Construction Jobs Increase In 184 Metro Areas Between April 2024 And April 2025, As Uncertainty And Labor Shortages Hold Employment Gains Back

By admin@agcfla.build | May 28, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Jobs Increase In 184 Metro Areas Between April 2024 And April 2025, As Uncertainty And Labor Shortages Hold Employment Gains Back

Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Las Cruces, N.M. Have Highest Job Gains over 12 Months, While Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. and Monroe, Mich. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment increased in…

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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

By admin@agcfla.build | May 21, 2025 | Comments Off on 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…

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

By admin@agcfla.build | May 7, 2025 | Comments Off on 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…

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

By admin@agcfla.build | May 5, 2025 | Comments Off on 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…

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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

By admin@agcfla.build | May 2, 2025 | Comments Off on 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

ndustry 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…

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AGC FEC Past President (’84) Vincent Burkhardt Receives S.I.R. Award

By admin@agcfla.build | April 25, 2025 | Comments Off on AGC FEC Past President (’84) Vincent Burkhardt Receives S.I.R. Award

On Saturday evening, April 12, in a surprise calculated move at a meaningful place and event fond to Mr. Vince Burkhardt (Burkhardt Construction), he was…

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Construction Employment Increases in 31 States and D.C. From March 2024 to March 2025; 30 States Add Jobs Between February and March

By admin@agcfla.build | April 18, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases in 31 States and D.C. From March 2024 to March 2025; 30 States Add Jobs Between February and March

Texas and New Mexico Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Washington Lag; Texas and Kentucky Top Lists of Monthly Increases; California…

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Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Increase For Third-Straight Month In March, Even Before Most Tariffs Kick In

By admin@agcfla.build | April 11, 2025 | Comments Off on Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Increase For Third-Straight Month In March, Even Before Most Tariffs Kick In

Association Warns New Tariffs Will Further Inflate Construction Costs, Disrupt Supply Chains, and Undermine Project Delivery, and Urges Caution The price of materials and services…

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