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Costs Accelerate Again In July For Nonresidential Construction Materials As Tariff Drive Up Prices For Aluminum, Steel And Copper Items

By admin@agcfla.build | August 14, 2025 | Comments Off on Costs Accelerate Again In July For Nonresidential Construction Materials As Tariff Drive Up Prices For Aluminum, Steel And Copper Items

Largest Increase in Two and a Half Years Comes as Construction Officials Urge Administration to Finalize Negotiations with Key Trading Partners to Ease Punitive Tariffs…

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Construction Employment Inches Up By 2,000 Jobs In July, While Spending Declines By 0.4 Percent In June As Owners Defer And Cancel New Projects

By admin@agcfla.build | August 1, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Inches Up By 2,000 Jobs In July, While Spending Declines By 0.4 Percent In June As Owners Defer And Cancel New Projects

Year-over-Year Gains in Employment Slow Sharply from Previous 12 Months; Private Residential and Nonresidential Outlays Decline from May and from June 2024, Offsetting Small Gain…

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Construction Employment Stalls With Only Half Of Metro Areas Adding Jobs From June 2024 To June 2025 As Industry Is Stuck In A “Holding Pattern”

By admin@agcfla.build | July 30, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Stalls With Only Half Of Metro Areas Adding Jobs From June 2024 To June 2025 As Industry Is Stuck In A “Holding Pattern”

Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Las Cruces, N.M. Again Lead in Number and Percentage of Yearly Job Gains, While Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. and Niles, Mich. Have Worst Declines Exactly half of…

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CONSTRUCTION JOBS DECLINE IN 26 STATES BETWEEN MAY AND LAST MONTH;

By kara cuva | July 18, 2025 | Comments Off on CONSTRUCTION JOBS DECLINE IN 26 STATES BETWEEN MAY AND LAST MONTH;

CONSTRUCTION JOBS DECLINE IN 26 STATES BETWEEN MAY AND LAST MONTH; SECTOR’S EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 33 STATES AND D.C. FROM A YEAR AGO Texas and…

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Nonresidential Construction Materials and Services Costs Accelerate Again in June as Industry Awaits Impact of Announced Tariff Increases

By admin@agcfla.build | July 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Nonresidential Construction Materials and Services Costs Accelerate Again in June as Industry Awaits Impact of Announced Tariff Increases

Steel and Concrete Prices Remain Elevated While Most Other Materials Stay Flat; AGC Warns That Tariff Pressures Could Reignite Cost Volatility, Undermine Benefits of New…

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Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs In June As Hourly Wages In The Sector Rise To $37.20 As Firms Strive To Retain Workers Amid Market Uncertainty

By admin@agcfla.build | July 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs In June As Hourly Wages In The Sector Rise To $37.20 As Firms Strive To Retain Workers Amid Market Uncertainty

Nonresidential Sector Continues Steady Employment Gains Even as Residential and Heavy Civil Construction Falls; As the Construction Unemployment Rate Falls to Near Historic Low of…

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Construction Spending Decreases By 0.3 Percent From April To May And 3.5 Percent Over 12 Months, Marking Largest Yearly Drop Since 2019

By admin@agcfla.build | July 1, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Decreases By 0.3 Percent From April To May And 3.5 Percent Over 12 Months, Marking Largest Yearly Drop Since 2019

Public Sector Gains Offset by Continued Declines in Private Sector Construction Activity as Uncertainty about Tariffs, Taxes, and Labor Policy Prompt Developers to Reconsider or…

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Only Half Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From May 2024 To May 2025, As Owners Pause Or Cancel Work Amid Tariff And Policy Uncertainty

By admin@agcfla.build | June 30, 2025 | Comments Off on Only Half Of Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From May 2024 To May 2025, As Owners Pause Or Cancel Work Amid Tariff And Policy Uncertainty

Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, Va.-W.Va. and Las Cruces, N.M. Again Lead in Number and Percentage of Yearly Job Gains, While Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. and Niles, Mich. Have Worst Declines Construction employment increased…

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Construction Employment Increases In 33 States And D.C. From May 2024 To May 2025; 27 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs From April To May

By admin@agcfla.build | June 24, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 33 States And D.C. From May 2024 To May 2025; 27 States And D.C. Add Construction Jobs From April To May

Texas and New Mexico Have Highest 12-Month Gains, While California and Washington Have the Worst Yearly Losses; Michigan and Montana Top Monthly Gainers; Vermont, Virginia…

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Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs In May As Wages Rise And Firms Retain Workers, But Market Uncertainty Has Led To A Slowdown In Hiring

By admin@agcfla.build | June 6, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs In May As Wages Rise And Firms Retain Workers, But Market Uncertainty Has Led To A Slowdown In Hiring

Increases in Nonresidential Construction Employment were Tempered by Declines in Residential Construction Jobs; Average Hourly Earnings Up 4.7 Percent as Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.5…

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