Construction Spending Should Stay Robust through Early 2019, But Trade Disputes, Workforce Shortages and Rising Interest Rates Threaten to Undermine Long-Term Growth in Construction Demand,…
Construction Pay Rises at Fastest Rate in Nearly a Decade as Contractors Struggle to Recruit Workers Amid Widespread Labor Shortages, Officials Call for More Investments…
Noting Bipartisan Support for Infrastructure, Construction Official Urges Congress to Make the Issue a Top Priority in Early 2019; Promises Association Will Be Vigilant Against…
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Fla. Have Largest Gains; Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, N.J. and Spokane-Spokane Valley, Wash. Have Worst Losses Construction employment increased in 278…
Florida Has Biggest Annual Job Increase While New Jersey Has Worst Loss; Pennsylvania and Kentucky Have Largest One-Month Gains as Michigan and Kansas Trail Forty-five…
Fuel, Metal, and Asphalt Costs Increase by Double Digits as Labor Costs Continue to Rise, While Prices Contractors Charge to Build Projects Grow By Low…
Despite Above-Average Job Gains and Pay Increases, Industry Survey Finds Contractors Are Struggling to Find Craft Workers; Association Officials Call for Reforms to Immigration, Career…
Fuel, Metals, Asphalt and Gypsum Prices Post Large Annual Increases as Index for New Construction Gains Only 3.4 Percent, Intensifying Squeeze on Contractors Already Impacted…
Construction Officials Urge Federal Leaders to Double Spending on Career and Technical Education, Reform Immigration and Improve Job Training Programs to Help Address Workforce Shortages…
Fuel, Metals and Wood Product Prices Post Double-Digit Annual Increases Despite Pause in July; Association Officials Warn That Additional Tariffs Are Likely to Add to…
Construction Officials Say Firms Would Likely Have Added More Workers if they Could Find Them, Urge Education Officials to Do More to Encourage Students to…
Latest Spending Figures Show Benefits of Recent Tax and Regulatory Reform Measures, But Construction Officials Caution that Labor Shortages and Trade Tariffs Could Weigh on…
Merced, Calif., Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas Have Largest Gains as 64 Areas Set June Records for Construction Employment; Columbia, S.C. and Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, N.J. Lag Construction…
New Labor Department Figures Demonstrate How New Tariffs Have Increased the Costs of Key Construction Materials, With Metal Materials Experiencing Double-Digit Percent Increases Construction costs…
Construction Officials Say Tax & Regulatory Reform and Recent Increases in Infrastructure Investments are Helping Boost Employment, But Warn that Trade Fights and Labor Shortages…
Continued Labor Shortages, Rising Materials Costs Related to New Tariffs Could Stall All Types of Projects; Construction Officials Urge Feds to Enact New Workforce Measures,…
Construction employment increased in 263 (73 percent) out of 358 metro areas between May 2017 and May 2018, declined in 47 (13 percent) and was…
Construction employment increased in 256 out of 358 metro areas between April 2017 and April 2018, declined in 63 and was unchanged in 39, according…
Mobile Advertising Campaign Urges Drivers Who Routinely Pass through Certain Work Zones to Slow Down and Be Alert as New Data Shows Motorists Are More…
California & West Virginia Have Biggest Annual Job Gains, North Dakota Has Largest Decline; California & Louisiana Have Largest Monthly Pickup, Indiana & North Dakota…
