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Construction Firms Foresee Growing Demand For Most Types Of Projects, As 74 Percent Of Firms Plan To Hire In 2022 Despite Supply Chain And Labor Challenges

By admin@agcfla.build | January 14, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Firms Foresee Growing Demand For Most Types Of Projects, As 74 Percent Of Firms Plan To Hire In 2022 Despite Supply Chain And Labor Challenges

| Jan. 12, 2022 | News Wednesday, 01/12/2022 – 10:05 a.m. New Industry Outlook Shows Contractors Expect a Boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and Broad-Based Private-Sector Demand,…

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Construction Spending In November Increases From October And Year Ago As Private Residential, Nonresidential Pickup Offsets Public Outlay Slide

By admin@agcfla.build | January 3, 2022 | Comments Off on Construction Spending In November Increases From October And Year Ago As Private Residential, Nonresidential Pickup Offsets Public Outlay Slide

| Jan. 3, 2022 | News Monday, 01/03/2022 – 1:28 p.m. Association Officials Call on Congress to Promptly Enact Funding to Fulfill Promises for Wide Range of Highway,…

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Two Out Of Three Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From November 2020 To November 2021, But Tight Labor Market, Supply Chain Limit Gains

By admin@agcfla.build | December 22, 2021 | Comments Off on Two Out Of Three Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs From November 2020 To November 2021, But Tight Labor Market, Supply Chain Limit Gains

| Dec. 23, 2021 | News Wednesday, 12/22/2021 – 10:54 a.m. Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, Calif. and Sioux Falls, S.D. Score the Largest 12-Month Increases; Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y. and Evansville, Ind.-Ky.…

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Construction Jobs Exceed Pre-Pandemic Level Only 18 States And D.C. As Firms Struggle To Find Qualified Workers To Keep Up With Demand

By admin@agcfla.build | December 17, 2021 | Comments Off on Construction Jobs Exceed Pre-Pandemic Level Only 18 States And D.C. As Firms Struggle To Find Qualified Workers To Keep Up With Demand

| Dec. 17, 2021 | News Friday, 12/17/2021 – 12:36 p.m. Texas, Louisiana Have Worst Losses Since February 2020, While Florida, South Dakota Top Gainers Louisiana Registers Worst One-Month…

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Construction Association And Two Of Its Chapters File Suit To Block The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate For Federal Contractors

By admin@agcfla.build | December 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Construction Association And Two Of Its Chapters File Suit To Block The Biden Administration’s Vaccine Mandate For Federal Contractors

| Dec. 15, 2021 | News Tuesday, 12/14/2021 – 4:45 p.m. The Associated General Contractors of America, along with Two of its Texas-based Chapters, Requests a Temporary Restraining…

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Only 16 States And D.C. Added Construction Jobs Since Pandemic Began As Build Back Better Bill Threatens To Undermine Sector’s Recovery

By admin@agcfla.build | November 19, 2021 | Comments Off on Only 16 States And D.C. Added Construction Jobs Since Pandemic Began As Build Back Better Bill Threatens To Undermine Sector’s Recovery

Only 16 states and the District of Columbia have added construction jobs since just before the start of the pandemic in February 2020, according to…

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Most Contractors Report Significant Flaws With The Nation’s 811 Utility Location System, Citing Inaccurate Locates And Slow Response Times

By admin@agcfla.build | November 17, 2021 | Comments Off on Most Contractors Report Significant Flaws With The Nation’s 811 Utility Location System, Citing Inaccurate Locates And Slow Response Times

There are significant flaws with the current 811 utility location system according to a new survey of construction firms that perform any kind of underground excavation released…

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Construction Industry Challenges OSHA’s New COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate, Noting That Measure Exceeds Agency’s Authority

By admin@agcfla.build | November 15, 2021 | Comments Off on Construction Industry Challenges OSHA’s New COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate, Noting That Measure Exceeds Agency’s Authority

Today, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Signatory Wall & Ceiling Contractors Alliance (SWACCA)…

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