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U.S. Military Announces it is Dropping PLA Mandate as Government Promises to Pull Mandate on All Twelve Projects that Were Subject to a Bid Protest Approach AGC of America Helped Craft The Associated General Contractors of America’s chief executive officer, Jeffrey Shoaf, issued the following statement in reaction to the U.S. Department of Defense announcing…

Tightening Labor Market Conditions, Amid Changes in Immigration Policy, Continued Under-Investments in Career & Technical Education, Could Undermine Employment Growth as Firms Struggle to Find Workers Construction sector employment increased by 4,000 positions in January as gains in nonresidential construction offset the decline in the residential sector, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated…

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains over 12 Months, While New York City and Ithaca, N.Y. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment increased in 244, or 68 percent, of 358 metro areas between December 2023 and December 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of…

Total Spending Up from November at $2.19 Trillion Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate amid Strong Demand for Single Family Housing and Data Centers, Association Officials Urge Speedy Negotiations Construction spending rose slightly from November to December thanks to growing demand for single-family houses and data centers, according to an analysis of a new government report that…

Texas and Alaska Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and West Virginia Lag; Washington and South Dakota Top Lists of Monthly Gains; New York and Mississippi Have Worst Monthly Losses Construction employment increased in 38 states and the District of Columbia in December from a year earlier, while 26 states added construction…

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Ruling Validates the Associated General Contractors’ Argument that Mandating PLAs for Most Federal Construction Projects Is an Unauthorized Set-Aside The Associated General Contractors of America’s chief executive officer, Jeffrey Shoaf, issued the following statement in reaction to the decision last night by the United States Court of Federal Claims in the consolidated…

New Survey of Utility Contractors Found that Telecom Companies were More than Twice as Likely to Cause 811 Response Delays as other Utilities, as Association Calls for More Timely, Accurate Utility Locates Nearly two-thirds of the utility line strikes by utility contractors during the past year occurred because the lines were at least two-feet away…

Association Survey Finds Most Contractors Expect to Increase Headcount in 2025 amid Optimism about Expanding Opportunities for Nearly All Project Types But are Worried about Workforce and Tariffs Construction sector employment increased by 8,000 positions in December as the industry’s headcount and wages in 2024 both rose faster than in the broader economy, according to…

New Industry Outlook Shows Firms Are Worried About Impacts of President-Elect Trump’s Trade and Immigration Policies Even as They Increase Investments in Artificial Intelligence and Other Technologies to Boost Productivity Construction contractors are optimistic about certain private-sector segments and have high hopes for most types of public-sector work, according to survey results the Associated General Contractors of…

Total Spending Remains Unchanged from October at $2.15 Trillion Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate as the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Prepare to Release the 2025 Industry Outlook Construction spending was unchanged from October to November as a continued downturn in multifamily and office building construction offset growing demand for single-family houses and data…