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Construction Employment Climbs By 26,000 In March With Gains In Residential And Nonresidential Segments As Firms Boost Pay To Attract, Retain Workers Average Construction Pay is Now Almost $39 an Hour as Employers Pay a Premium to Recruit from a Limited Pool of Qualified Workers, Association Urges Officials to Invest in Workforce Development & Boost…

Detroit’s Michigan Central Station Rehab Named Best Construction Project Of 2025, Wins Highest Honors In Build America Awards Program Private Categories Post Widespread Declines Apart from Data Centers and Residential Improvements As Ongoing Economic Uncertainty Drives Costs Higher, Leads to Deferred and Canceled Investments Construction spending slipped 0.3 percent from December to January as declines in…

Construction Spending Dips 0.3 Percent In January As Weakness In Private Residential And Nonresidential Investment Offsets Public Outlay Gains Private Categories Post Widespread Declines Apart from Data Centers and Residential Improvements As Ongoing Economic Uncertainty Drives Costs Higher, Leads to Deferred and Canceled Investments Construction spending slipped 0.3 percent from December to January as declines in…

National Construction Charity, Roger B. Kennedy Construction & Duffey Southeast Lead Volunteers In Upgrading Give Kids The World Village AGC Charities Inc.’s Annual Operation Opening Doors Project Involved Contractors from Across the Country who Donated Time, Materials & Money to Build New Fences, Clean Floors and Fix Sidewalks   KISSIMMEE, Fla. – AGC Charities Inc.,…

Soaring Fuel And Metals Costs Send Prices Higher For Construction Materials In February; Iran War Makes Further Increases Likely Construction Association Officials Warn Rising Metals and Fuel Costs Could Put Additional Pressure on Project Budgets; Impact on Project Delays and Costs Depends on Extent of Damage and War’s Duration   The producer price index for…

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…