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Construction Employment Increases in 45 States and D.C. From July 2022 to July 2023, While 27 States and D.C. Add Employees in Latest Month
Fri, 08/18/2023 – 12:37 Texas and Arkansas Top Lists of Year-over-Year Gains, While Colorado, North Dakota Record the Worst Losses; Texas and Nebraska Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While Washington and Maine Experience Largest Declines Construction employment increased in 45 states and the District of Columbia in July from a year earlier, while 27 states added…
Read MoreBid Prices Fall 1.4 Percent as Construction Materials and Services Prices Increase 0.2 Percent in July
Fri, 08/11/2023 – 12:22 Construction Material Prices Remain Mostly Flat in the Month of July; Buy America Rules Remain an Ongoing Challenge for Firms as They Try to Find Materials that Comply The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction inched up 0.2 percent from June to July, while a government index that…
Read MoreMassive New Department of Labor Davis-Bacon Rule Misses the Mark to Modernize Regulations
Tue, 08/08/2023 – 11:03 Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Which Covers Labor Standards That Apply to Federal and Federally Assisted Construction Projects Today’s announcement makes some improvements but critically misses an opportunity to improve the wage determination process and further burdens overregulated construction contractors building and upgrading the…
Read MoreConstruction Firms Add 19,000 Jobs In July As Sector’s Unemployment Level Hits 3.9 Percent And Average Sector Pay Increases To $34.24 Per Hour
Fri, 08/04/2023 – 11:43 Construction Employment Reaches 7,791,000 in July as Data Shows Firms Can’t Find Enough Workers to Replace Retiring Workers, Association Officials Call for New Investments in Construction Education The construction industry added 19,000 jobs in July even as the sector’s unemployment rate increased, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General…
Read MoreFlorida Today Post: Construction industry worker, supply shortages impacting commercial, residential projects
By Dave Berman and Laura Layden Published: 5:00 a.m. ET July 19, 2023 Updated: 12:03 p.m. ET July 19, 2023 Original Source A shortage of both workers and building materials continues to plague Florida’s construction industry, triggering delays and cost increases involving residential, commercial, and even government projects from Tallahassee to West Palm Beach to Naples.…
Read MorePALM BEACH POST: INFLATION, LABOR SHORTAGES, SUPPLY-CHAIN CAUSING DELAYS TO COUNTY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
By Mike Diamond Published: 5:03 a.m. ET April 3, 2023 Updated: 9:31 a.m. ET April 3, 2023 Supply-chain issues, high labor costs, and inflation are creating havoc with more than a half-billion dollars in county construction projects, forcing delays of as long as a year, according to county officials. Isami Ayala-Collazo, director of Facilities Development &…
Read MoreThe Palm Beach Post: Contractors fume: Why did Palm Beach County take Broward-based firm for multi-million dollar deal?
By Mike Diamond Published: 5:06 a.m. ET April 28, 2022 Updated: 2:00 p.m. ET April 28, 2022 Original Source Damon Robling had reason to believe that his Greenacres-based construction company would be awarded one of two contracts to oversee renovations of Fire Rescue stations during the next five years. After all, the county’s purchasing agent…
Read MoreThe Coastal Star: Along the Coast: County rejects plan to reinspect older condos
By Joel Engelhardt November 3, 2021 at 13:33 Original Source After months of work to hammer out a condo reinspection program in the wake of the Surfside tragedy, Palm Beach County commissioners decided last month to do nothing and wait for the Florida Legislature.In a rambling hourlong discussion Oct. 19, commissioners weighed in with a…
Read MoreThe Coastal Star: Along the Coast: Plan targets buildings 25 or older for inspections, regardless of height
By Joel Engelhardt Posted on August 4, 2021 at 14:25 Original Source A proposal to have the vast majority of older condos, apartment buildings, hotels and office buildings inspected in Palm Beach County is emerging from a coalition of cities studying the issue.The group is taking aim at buildings — without regard to height —…
Read MoreThe Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach County to create a building recertification process but it may not be 40 years
Hannah Morse Published: 4:17 p.m. ET July 13, 2021 Updated: 5:26 p.m. ET July 13, 2021 Original Source Palm Beach County will “not move swiftly, but deliberately” to define its own mandatory recertification process for high-rise buildings following the deadly condominium collapse in Surfside last month. County Mayor Dave Kerner offered that description Tuesday to…
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