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Construction Employment Falls By 11,000 In February With Declines In Residential And Nonresidential As Firms Worry About Demand Levels Association Officials Note that Contractors Appear to Have Hit Pause on Hiring in February as Firms Seek Greater Certainty about Materials Prices, Future Federal Infrastructure Investments and Other Demand   Construction employment declined by 11,000 jobs…

Extreme Increases In Aluminum, Steel And Copper Costs Drive Up Prices For Construction Materials In January; Spending Ends 2025 Down From 2024 Construction Association Officials Say the Lack of Domestic Supply and Tariffs are Driving up the Cost of Key Materials, Say Best Way to Boost Domestic Production is to Provide Greater Certainty about Demand…

Construction Group Launches Campaign To Push For New Highway And Transit Funding To Preserve Economic Growth In Communities Across The Country America’s Moving Forward Campaign to Urge Congress to Pass New Surface Transportation Bill on Time, as New Associated General Contractors of America Report Finds Most Major Metros Added Construction Jobs Since 2020   The…

Construction Employment Increased By 33,000 In January As Nonresidential Hiring Drives Modest Growth January Gains Concentrated in Nonresidential Sectors as Uncertainty Over Federal Infrastructure Funding Clouds 2026 Outlook   Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in January, with gains concentrated in nonresidential construction, according to an analysis of new government data released today by the Associated General…

Construction Employment Increases In Less Than Half Of Metro Areas In December Amid Stalled Demand For Many Types Of Construction Projects Washington, D.C.-Md., Elizabethtown, Ky. Top Lists of Yearly Job Gains, While Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, Nev. Has Worst Losses for the Year as Firms Struggle with Lax Demand, Labor Shortages   Just under half of metro…

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…