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Double-digit Increases In Aluminum, Steel And Copper Costs Drive Up Producer Price Indexes For Construction Materials And Equipment In 2025 High Tariff Rates on Key Materials Appear to Be Enabling Domestic Producers to Make Substantial Price Increases, Making it Hard for Contractors to Know How Much to Bid for Future Projects The producer price index…

Construction Jobs Increase In 34 States And D.C. Between December 2024 And December 2025; 20 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs In December Texas and Hawaii Have Highest 12-Month Increases, While California and Nevada Have the Worst Declines in 2025; Arizona and Montana Top Lists of Monthly Gainers; Minnesota Has the Worst Number and Percent…

Construction Spending Increases By 0.5 Percent In October As Gains In Public Outlays, Home Renovation Offset Declines In Other Private Work Association Survey Finds Subdued Outlook for Spending Growth, Apart from Data Centers and Power Projects; Officials Urge Administration to Streamline Decision-Making, Boost Workforce Development Spending on projects underway in October climbed by 0.5 percent…

Construction Employment Increases In Small Majority Of Metro Areas In November; Survey Shows Contractors Have Subdued Expectations For 2026 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, Texas, Kankakee, Ill., Owensboro, Ky. Top Lists of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While New York City, Newark, N.J., Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, Nev. Have Worst Losses   Just over half of metro areas added construction jobs between…

Commercial Construction Firms In Washington, D.C. Will Be Able To Join AGC Of Virginia As Chapter Expands To Cover The Nation’s Capital Chapter will Advocate for the Industry Across the Commonwealth and D.C. Offering Enhanced Networking, Educational and Workforce Development Services   Commercial construction firms in Washington, D.C. will now be able to join the…

Construction Costs Rise At Fastest Rate Since January 2023 In November, Outpacing Increases In Contractors’ Bid Prices For New Buildings Association Survey Finds Majority of Contractors Lists Materials Costs as a Major Concern for 2026; Most Firms Report Tariffs Have Caused Them to Raise Bid Prices, Pass on Costs, Accelerate Purchases The producer price index for…

Construction Employment Decreases By 11,000 In December, Ends Year Little Changed As Owners Delay Committing To Nonresidential Projects Employment Data Echoes Findings in Construction Association’s New 2026 Outlook, Which Shows Most Contractors Have “Dampened” Expectations for Most Market Segments Amid Economic, Labor Worries   Construction employment declined by 11,000 positions in December, with modest decreases…

Contractors Have ‘Dampened’ Expectations For 2026, Apart From Data Centers And Power Projects, Amid Worries About The Economy, Policy Uncertainties New Industry Outlook Shows Most Contractors Have Been Affected by Tariffs and One-in-Three Have Felt the Impacts of Enhanced Immigration Enforcement, Yet Most Firms Plans to Add Staff If They Can Find Workers Construction contractors…

Construction Jobs Increase In 32 States And D.C. Between November 2024 And November 2025; 26 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs In November Texas and Iowa Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While New York and New Jersey Have the Worst Yearly Declines; Minnesota and Idaho Top Lists of Monthly Gainers; Arizona and Alabama Experience the Worst…

Construction Employment Diverges In September As Half Of Metro Areas Add Employees, While Headcount Stalls Or Shrinks In The Other Half Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Washington, D.C.-Md. Top Lists of Yearly Job Gains, While New York City Experiences Largest Construction Job Loss from September 2024 to September 2025   Construction employment trends were evenly split between metro areas…