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Industry Employment Hits New Record Amid Strong Demand, But Firms Would Have Hired Even More Workers as Construction Officials Call for Measures to Enable More People to Work in the Industry Construction firms added 25,000 employees in January and raised wages for hourly workers more steeply than other sectors, according to an analysis by the Associated General…

Weather May Account for Conflicting Trends on Spending and Jobs as Construction Officials Warn of Labor Shortages and Regulatory Delays, Urge Public Officials to Ease Red Tape, Boost Construction Training Total construction spending decreased by 0.4 percent in December, yet industry job openings at the end of the month set a new high for December,…

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Provo-Orem, Utah Have Largest 12-Month Gains, While Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. Has Largest Job Loss; Richmond, Va. Has the Fastest Rate of Annual Decline Construction employment increased in 268 of 358 metro areas between December 2021 and December 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment…

California and Louisiana Lead in Monthly Job Gains, While Missouri and North Dakota Have Largest Losses; California and Rhode Island Top List of Year-over-Year Gains, While New Jersey Has Largest Decrease Construction employment climbed in 30 states and the District of Columbia from November to December and 42 states added construction jobs during the past 12…

Associated General Contractors of America Partners with Other Groups in Challenging Rule’s Unlawful Effort to Regulate Large Sections of Dry Land and Wet Areas Lacking Connections to Navigable Waterways The Associated General Contractors of America joined with a range of employer groups representing a broad cross-section of the economy in filing a lawsuit yesterday to…

Prices for Some Key Components Have Already Begun Rising in January While New Buy America Requirements Will Inflate the Cost of Many Materials, Construction Association Officials Caution Plunging prices for diesel fuel, lumber, and steel cooled inflation for materials and services used in construction in December, but relief may be short-lived, according to an analysis by the…

Association Survey Finds Contractors Optimistic about Adding Workers in 2023 But Worried about Finding Enough Workers to Fill Positions; Calls for Immigration Reform and Investments in Construction Education Construction firms added 28,000 employees in December and continued to raise wages for hourly workers more than other sectors as the industry’s unemployment rate fell to a…

New Industry Outlook Survey Shows Contractors Expect Infrastructure and Other Public-Sector Funding Will Help As Growth Slows for Many Types of Private Construction, but Labor Shortages and Supply Chain Issues Persist Construction contractors are less optimistic about many private-sector segments than they were a year ago, but their expectations for the public sector market have…

Association Officials Urge Biden Administration to Address Infrastructure Regulatory and Funding Delays, Will Release 2023 Outlook During Virtual Briefing on January 4th Offering Hiring and  Market Predictions Total construction spending increased by 0.2 percent in November, dragged down by a lack of new infrastructure projects along with a continuing slide in homebuilding, according to an…

Construction employment increased in 268 of 358 metro areas between November 2021 and November 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials said the job gains likely would have been higher but that many contractors report that demand for new projects is outpacing the availability of workers…