Skip to content

Construction Employment Rises By 9,000 In April As Nonresidential Hiring Offsets Residential Declines And Average Hourly Pay Rises To $38.73

By kara cuva | May 11, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Rises By 9,000 In April As Nonresidential Hiring Offsets Residential Declines And Average Hourly Pay Rises To $38.73

Industry Employment Continues to Outpace Overall Job Growth Amid Strong Demand for Data Centers and Other Nonresidential Projects as Firms Continue to Boost Wages to…

Read More

Construction Spending Inches Up 0.6 Percent In March As Residential Gains Offset Continued Weakness In Manufacturing & Nonresidential Segments

By kara cuva | May 11, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Inches Up 0.6 Percent In March As Residential Gains Offset Continued Weakness In Manufacturing & Nonresidential Segments

Demand for Construction Remains Concentrated in Data Centers, Power, and Select Residential Segments As Economic Uncertainty Weighs on Private-Sector Demand While Public Spending Remains Steady Construction…

Read More

Construction Jobs Increase In 33 States And D.C. Between March 2025 And March 2026; 31 States And D.C. Add Jobs In March

By kara cuva | May 11, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Jobs Increase In 33 States And D.C. Between March 2025 And March 2026; 31 States And D.C. Add Jobs In March

Texas and Missouri Top Lists of 12-Month Gains, While California and Alaska Have Worst Job Losses; Ohio and Delaware Lead Monthly Gainers; Nevada Has Largest…

Read More

Construction Employment Increases In Small Majority Of Metro Areas In February But Upcoming Highway Bill Deadline Puts Further Gains At Risk

By kara cuva | May 11, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In Small Majority Of Metro Areas In February But Upcoming Highway Bill Deadline Puts Further Gains At Risk

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, Texas and Eau Claire, Wis. Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains Since February 2025; New York City. and Lawton, Okla. Have Largest and Steepest…

Read More

Auburn University Has One Of The Nation’s Most Outstanding Student Construction Chapters, According To National Association

By kara cuva | April 27, 2026 | Comments Off on Auburn University Has One Of The Nation’s Most Outstanding Student Construction Chapters, According To National Association

Associated General Contractors of America Also Names Chapters at the University of Kentucky, Oklahoma State University & Boise State University Winners of its Annual Contest…

Read More

Construction Jobs Increase In 30 States And D.C. Between February 2025 And February 2026; 22 States Have One-Month Gain In Construction Jobs

By kara cuva | April 27, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Jobs Increase In 30 States And D.C. Between February 2025 And February 2026; 22 States Have One-Month Gain In Construction Jobs

Texas and Montana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Trail; Florida and Montana Lead in Monthly Gains, While…

Read More

Baltimore, M.D.-based Skanska-Fay JV Wins Top AGC Innovation Award For Breakthrough Gantry Crane System

By kara cuva | April 20, 2026 | Comments Off on Baltimore, M.D.-based Skanska-Fay JV Wins Top AGC Innovation Award For Breakthrough Gantry Crane System

Atlanta, GA-based Holder-Moody-Bryson-Sovereign, JV and West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Hedrick Brothers Construction Also Win Association’s Second and Third Place Awards for Best Innovative Projects of…

Read More

Sundt Construction Of Tempe, Arizona Named Nation’s Safest Construction Company In 2025 By National Contractors Group

By kara cuva | April 20, 2026 | Comments Off on Sundt Construction Of Tempe, Arizona Named Nation’s Safest Construction Company In 2025 By National Contractors Group

Sundt Construction Wins AGC Construction Safety Excellence Awards Grand Prize as 62 Other Companies Win Awards for Quality Construction Safety & Health Programs Sundt Construction…

Read More

Construction Employment Increases In 57 Percent Of Metro Areas In January But Industry Faces Multiple Challenges To Maintaining Growth

By kara cuva | April 20, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 57 Percent Of Metro Areas In January But Industry Faces Multiple Challenges To Maintaining Growth

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, Texas, Bloomington, Ill. and Ind. Top Lists of 12-Month Job Gains; Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. and Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, La. Have Worst Declines   More than half of…

Read More

Construction Materials Costs Climb In March, Driven By Near-record Jump In Diesel Fuel Price And Further Increases In Prices For Key Metals

By kara cuva | April 20, 2026 | Comments Off on Construction Materials Costs Climb In March, Driven By Near-record Jump In Diesel Fuel Price And Further Increases In Prices For Key Metals

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…

Read More