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Total construction spending decreased by 0.4 percent in December, yet industry job openings at the end of the month set…
Construction employment increased in 268 of 358 metro areas between December 2021 and December 2022, according to an analysis by the Associated…
Construction employment climbed in 30 states and the District of Columbia from November to December and 42 states added construction…
Plunging prices for diesel fuel, lumber, and steel cooled inflation for materials and services used in construction in December, but…
Construction firms added 28,000 employees in December and continued to raise wages for hourly workers more than other sectors as…
New Industry Outlook Survey Shows Contractors Expect Infrastructure and Other Public-Sector Funding Will Help As Growth Slows for Many Types…
Total construction spending increased by 0.2 percent in November, dragged down by a lack of new infrastructure projects along with…
Pandemic Challenges Remain but Infrastructure Funding Brings New Opportunities for Construction AGC of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson recently sat…
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Provo-Orem, Utah Have Largest 12-Month Gains; While Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. Has Lost the Most Total Jobs…
On this episode of ConstructorCast, two of the nation’s leading construction economists, Michael Guckes of ConstructConnect and AGC’s own Ken…