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Texas and Arkansas Top List of Yearly Gains, While California and West Virginia Experience Worst Losses; Washington and South Dakota Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While Texas and Alaska Have Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 42 states in April from a year earlier, while only 24 states added construction jobs from March to April, according…

Double-Digit Annual Cost Increases Persist for Several Materials Despite Recent Price Declines for Some; Association Officials Say Administration’s Approach to Buy America Rules is Contributing to Price Inflation The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction increased 0.5 percent from March to April, while an index that measures contractors’ bid prices declined 0.3 percent,…

Most of the Construction Gains Occurred in the Residential Construction Sector While Firms Now Pay Workers 19 Percent More Compared to the Average Job as they Struggle to Recruit New People The construction sector added 15,000 jobs in April while the sector’s unemployment rate fell to a record low for the month and the number…

Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Fairbanks, AK Experience Largest Number and Percentage of Gains; Lawton, Okla. and Sacramento—Roseville—Arden-Arcade, Calif. Have Most Extensive Construction Job Losses Construction employment increased in 259, or 72 percent, of 358 metro areas between March 2022 and March 2023, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials…

Construction Officials Say Permitting Delays Appear to Be Holding Up Public Construction Activity, Warn that Firms Continue to Struggle to Find Enough Workers to Hire Amid Labor Shortages Total construction spending increased by 0.3 percent in March as growth in manufacturing and education pulled up nonresidential construction spending for the month, according to an analysis by…

Texas and Rhode Island Top List of Yearly Gains, While California and West Virginia Experience Worst Losses; Texas and Kentucky Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While California and Connecticut Have Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 44 states in March from a year earlier, while only 20 states added construction jobs from February to March, according…

Coastal Construction Wins AGC/Autodesk Innovation Award for Developing Togal.AI, a Software Program that Uses AI and Machine Learning to Analyze Construction Drawings and Provide Quantity Reports Miami-based Coastal Construction awarded for developing Togal.AI, an estimating software program which utilizes deep machine learning and artificial intelligence to analyze construction drawings and provide quantity reports. As a…

Associated General Contractors of America Names Bryan Hubbard of Purdue University as Outstanding Educator Top and Dr. Reza Akhavian of San Diego State University Received the Meritorious Award Purdue University Professor, Bryan Hubbard, was named outstanding educator of 2023 in the field of construction education, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. The association…

Drop in Energy Costs Offsets Jump in Asphalt and Steel Prices as Double-Digit Annual Increases for Some Materials Persist; Association Officials Say Federal Rules are Making it Difficult to Source Some Materials The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction inched down 0.1 percent from February to March, as plunging fuel prices outweighed…