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Construction Material Costs Continue To Accelerate In August Amid “Extreme” Price Hikes For Steel, Aluminum And Lumber After New Tariffs
Construction Material Costs Continue To Accelerate In August Amid “Extreme” Price Hikes For Steel, Aluminum And Lumber After New Tariffs New AGC-NCCER Survey Finds Two in Five Contractors Have Raised Prices in Response to Tariffs On Key Construction Materials, with Most Expecting Costs to Climb Further in the Months Ahead The producer price index for materials…
Read MoreConstruction Employment Dips In August As Project Owners Put Plans On Hold, Immigration Enforcement Shrinks Supply Of Available Workers
Association Survey Finds Tariffs, Other Policy Shifts Leading to Project Cancellations and Delays, While Substantial Share of Firms Reports Disruptions from Stepped-Up Immigration Enforcement Activity Construction sector employment declined by 7,000 positions in August and has remained little changed since December, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released…
Read MoreConstruction Spending Edges Down By 0.1 Percent In July As Declines In Nonresidential And Multifamily Projects Top Growth In Public Outlays
Construction Spending Edges Down By 0.1 Percent In July As Declines In Nonresidential And Multifamily Projects Top Growth In Public Outlays Association Survey Finds Tariffs, Labor Shortages and Other Challenges Have Caused Owners to Cancel, Defer, or Shrink Project Starts as Construction Officials Push for Policy Certainty & Workforce Support Spending on projects underway in…
Read MoreConstruction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms
Construction Workforce Shortages Are Leading Cause Of Project Delays As Immigration Enforcement Affects Nearly 1/3 Of Firms 92 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, As 45 Percent of Firms Say Labor Shortages are Causing Project Delays, New Nationwide Industry Survey Finds Construction workforce shortages are the leading cause…
Read MoreBarely Half Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From July 2024 To July 2025; Association To Unveil Survey Finding Firms Struggle To Fill Openings
Barely Half Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From July 2024 To July 2025; Association To Unveil Survey Finding Firms Struggle To Fill Openings Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Las Cruces, N.M. Again Lead in Number and Percentage of Yearly Job Gains, While Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. and Niles, Mich. Have Worst Declines Just 184, or 51…
Read MoreCONSTRUCTION JOBS DECLINE IN 26 STATES BETWEEN MAY AND LAST MONTH;
CONSTRUCTION JOBS DECLINE IN 26 STATES BETWEEN MAY AND LAST MONTH; SECTOR’S EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 33 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO Texas and South Dakota Experience Worst One-Month Declines, While California and Montana Top Lists of Gains; Texas and New Mexico Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While Washington Has Worst…
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