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Construction Employment Increases In 42 States And D.C. From May 2022 To May 2023, While 24 States Add Construction Employees For The Month

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 19, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 42 States And D.C. From May 2022 To May 2023, While 24 States Add Construction Employees For The Month

Texas and Arkansas Top List of Yearly Increases, While Colorado and Connecticut Experience Worst Losses; California and Louisiana Lead in Monthly Job Gains, While Indiana and…

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Construction Materials And Services Prices Decline 0.6 Percent In May While Bid Prices Edge Up 0.1 Percent As Supply Chain Improves Broadly

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Materials And Services Prices Decline 0.6 Percent In May While Bid Prices Edge Up 0.1 Percent As Supply Chain Improves Broadly

Construction Firms are Getting Some Needed Relief from Rising Materials Costs, but New Buy America Rules Will Pose a Big Challenge to Firms Trying to…

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Construction Firms Add 25,000 Jobs In May As Sector’s Unemployment Falls To Second Lowest May Rate While Pay Levels Jump 6 Percent

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 6, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 25,000 Jobs In May As Sector’s Unemployment Falls To Second Lowest May Rate While Pay Levels Jump 6 Percent

Most of the Construction Gains Occurred in the Nonresidential Construction Sector While Firms Now Pay Workers 19 Percent More Compared to the Average Job as…

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Construction Spending Soars In April As Gains In Multifamily And Most Nonresidential Segments Outweigh Slump In Single-family Homebuilding

By bailey@agcfla.build | June 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Soars In April As Gains In Multifamily And Most Nonresidential Segments Outweigh Slump In Single-family Homebuilding

Construction Officials Caution that Growing Demand for Many Types of Projects Will Strain Already Tight Labor Conditions, Urge Federal Officials to Boost Construction Education Funding,…

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Debt Limit Deal’s Permitting Reforms and Work Requirements Will Speed Up Infrastructure Reviews and Help Ease Labor Shortages

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 30, 2023 | Comments Off on Debt Limit Deal’s Permitting Reforms and Work Requirements Will Speed Up Infrastructure Reviews and Help Ease Labor Shortages

Congress and the Administration Must Work Together in Future Years to Protect Funding for Infrastructure Projects, Many of Which Have Already Been Announced by the…

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Supreme Court Decision On Waters Of The U.S. Reins In Federal Permitting Excesses That Stifle Vital Economic Activity

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 26, 2023 | Comments Off on Supreme Court Decision On Waters Of The U.S. Reins In Federal Permitting Excesses That Stifle Vital Economic Activity

Decision Forces the Biden Administration to Rethink its Misguided & Unlawful Efforts to Expand the Role of the Federal Government in Local Land Use Decisions…

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Fifty-five Percent Of Firms Working On Highway Upgrades Experienced Cars Crashing Into Their Work Zone During The Past Year, New Data Finds

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 25, 2023 | Comments Off on Fifty-five Percent Of Firms Working On Highway Upgrades Experienced Cars Crashing Into Their Work Zone During The Past Year, New Data Finds

Officials Call for Tougher Safety Enforcement and Education Programs as Annual Survey Details Continued Risks to Drivers & Workers in Work Zones and Workers Plead…

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Construction Employment Rises In 42 States Over The Past 12 Months, While 24 States Add Employees From March To April

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 22, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Rises In 42 States Over The Past 12 Months, While 24 States Add Employees From March To April

Texas and Arkansas Top List of Yearly Gains, While California and West Virginia Experience Worst Losses; Washington and South Dakota Lead in Monthly Job Increases, While…

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Construction Materials Prices Rise 0.5 Percent In April While Bid Prices Slip, Reversing Recent Pattern And Squeezing Contractor Profits

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Materials Prices Rise 0.5 Percent In April While Bid Prices Slip, Reversing Recent Pattern And Squeezing Contractor Profits

Double-Digit Annual Cost Increases Persist for Several Materials Despite Recent Price Declines for Some; Association Officials Say Administration’s Approach to Buy America Rules is Contributing to…

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Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs In April As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low For The Month As Firms Struggle To Find Workers

By bailey@agcfla.build | May 16, 2023 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Add 15,000 Jobs In April As Sector’s Unemployment Rate Hits Record Low For The Month As Firms Struggle To Find Workers

Most of the Construction Gains Occurred in the Residential Construction Sector While Firms Now Pay Workers 19 Percent More Compared to the Average Job as…

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