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Construction Sector Adds 19,000 Jobs In February; But Workforce And Tariff Worries Threaten To Undermine Future Job Growth In The Industry

By admin@agcfla.build | March 7, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 19,000 Jobs In February; But Workforce And Tariff Worries Threaten To Undermine Future Job Growth In The Industry

Construction Industry Adds Jobs in all Five Nonresidential and Residential Segments as Average Hourly Wages Rise to $36.55 an Increase of 4.0 Percent from a…

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Construction Outlays Slip In January As Potential Widespread Tariffs Threaten To Push Back Investment Decisions, Upend Costs And Supply Chain

By admin@agcfla.build | March 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Outlays Slip In January As Potential Widespread Tariffs Threaten To Push Back Investment Decisions, Upend Costs And Supply Chain

Spending Declines for Manufacturing, Educational, and Multifamily Construction, Outweighing Gains in Single-Family Homebuilding, Infrastructure Categories, and Data Center Projects Construction spending decreased 0.2 percent from…

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Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Rise 0.8 Percent In January As Contractors Brace For Impacts Of New Tariffs

By admin@agcfla.build | February 13, 2025 | Comments Off on Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Rise 0.8 Percent In January As Contractors Brace For Impacts Of New Tariffs

Association Warns that New 25 Percent Tariffs on Steel & Aluminum Are Likely to Drive Up Construction Costs, Delay Project Completions, Urges New Approach to…

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Feds Begin To Pull Project Labor Agreement Mandates In Wake Of Association-Backed Victory Over Biden’s Unlawful Executive Order

By admin@agcfla.build | February 11, 2025 | Comments Off on Feds Begin To Pull Project Labor Agreement Mandates In Wake Of Association-Backed Victory Over Biden’s Unlawful Executive Order

U.S. Military Announces it is Dropping PLA Mandate as Government Promises to Pull Mandate on All Twelve Projects that Were Subject to a Bid Protest…

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Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs in January; Nonresidential Job Gains Offset Declines in Residential as Average Wages Rose to $30.84 an Hour

By admin@agcfla.build | February 7, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs in January; Nonresidential Job Gains Offset Declines in Residential as Average Wages Rose to $30.84 an Hour

Tightening Labor Market Conditions, Amid Changes in Immigration Policy, Continued Under-Investments in Career & Technical Education, Could Undermine Employment Growth as Firms Struggle to Find…

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Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions

By admin@agcfla.build | February 5, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Anchorage, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Job Gains over 12 Months, While New York City and Ithaca, N.Y.…

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Construction Spending Edges Up December Despite Declines In Multifamily And Infrastructure As Threat Of Looming Tariffs Weighs On Industry

By admin@agcfla.build | February 3, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Spending Edges Up December Despite Declines In Multifamily And Infrastructure As Threat Of Looming Tariffs Weighs On Industry

Total Spending Up from November at $2.19 Trillion Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate amid Strong Demand for Single Family Housing and Data Centers, Association Officials Urge…

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Construction Employment Increases In 38 States & D.C. From December 2023 To Last Month; 26 States Add Jobs Between November And December

By admin@agcfla.build | January 28, 2025 | Comments Off on Construction Employment Increases In 38 States & D.C. From December 2023 To Last Month; 26 States Add Jobs Between November And December

Texas and Alaska Have Highest Number and Percent of 12-Month Gains, While California and West Virginia Lag; Washington and South Dakota Top Lists of Monthly Gains;…

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Association’s Novel Bid Protest Strategy Topples President Biden’s Unlawful Project Labor Mandate for Federal Construction Projects

By admin@agcfla.build | January 20, 2025 | Comments Off on Association’s Novel Bid Protest Strategy Topples President Biden’s Unlawful Project Labor Mandate for Federal Construction Projects

U.S. Court of Federal Claims Ruling Validates the Associated General Contractors’ Argument that Mandating PLAs for Most Federal Construction Projects Is an Unauthorized Set-Aside The…

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Contractors Report Nearly Two-thirds Of Their Utility Strikes Occurred Because The Lines Were Incorrectly Marked After They Called 811

By admin@agcfla.build | January 16, 2025 | Comments Off on Contractors Report Nearly Two-thirds Of Their Utility Strikes Occurred Because The Lines Were Incorrectly Marked After They Called 811

New Survey of Utility Contractors Found that Telecom Companies were More than Twice as Likely to Cause 811 Response Delays as other Utilities, as Association…

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