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Association’s Education & Research Foundation Presented a $50,000 Check to Svoboda’s Alma Mater, the University of Wyoming’s Construction Management Program on His Behalf to Help Support Future Leaders Kiewit Infrastructure’s Michael Svoboda won the inaugural Bowen Prize for Great Builders from the Associated General Contractors of America in recognition of his field leadership during the…

Association Presents Firm with $7,000 to Help Share its New Tool that Uses Artificial Intelligence Makes Sure to Collect Insights from Senior Asphalt Paving Professionals before they Retire Watsonville, Calif.-based Granite Construction awarded for its development of an innovative AI-powered training tool, called Asphalt Guru – designed to address the looming retirement of experienced asphalt…

ndustry Adds Jobs at Faster Rate than Overall Economy as Average Hourly Wages Outpace Rise in Private Sector Earnings; Construction Unemployment Rate of 5.6 Percent Matches Year-Ago Level Construction sector employment increased by 11,000 positions in April as rising wages enabled the industry to add workers more rapidly than other sectors, according to an analysis of new…

On Saturday evening, April 12, in a surprise calculated move at a meaningful place and event fond to Mr. Vince Burkhardt (Burkhardt Construction), he was recognized with the coveted AGC S.I.R. Award. This award has been given very few times in the history of the AGC Florida East Coast Chapter. SIR Awards are reserved for…

Texas and New Mexico Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and Washington Lag; Texas and Kentucky Top Lists of Monthly Increases; California and Mississippi Experience Worst One-Month Declines Construction employment increased in 31 states and the District of Columbia in March from a year earlier, while 29 states added construction jobs between February and…

Association Warns New Tariffs Will Further Inflate Construction Costs, Disrupt Supply Chains, and Undermine Project Delivery, and Urges Caution The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction rose 0.4 percent in March, the third monthly increase in a row, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today.…

AGC Charities Inc.’s Annual Operation Opening Doors Project Involved Contractors from Across the Country who Donated Time, Materials & Money to Cut Lumber and Assemble Walls for a New House COLUMBUS, OHIO – AGC Charities Inc., Kokosing and United Rentals teamed up to lead dozens of volunteers from across the country to assemble all the…

Industry Adds Jobs at Faster Rate than Overall Economy as Average Hourly Wages Outpace Rise in Private Sector Earnings; Construction Unemployment Rate of 5.4 Percent Matches Year-Ago Level Construction sector employment increased by 13,000 positions in March as rising wages enabled the industry to add workers more rapidly than other sectors, according to an analysis of new…

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla., Boise, Idaho and Kokomo, Ind. Lead in Number and Percentage of Job Gains, While Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. and Elizabethtown, Ky. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment increased in 189, or 53 percent, of 360 metro areas between February 2024 and February 2025, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials warned that…

Spending Rebounds for Both Residential and Nonresidential Construction, Following Widespread Severe Weather in January; Year-over-Year Growth Continues But More Slowly than Before Construction spending increased 0.7 percent from January to February, even as contractors kept hiring and job opening rates at low levels, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of…