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Construction employment in June continued to trail pre-pandemic levels in more than one-third of the states despite record job openings,…
The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction jumped 1.1 percent last month, outpacing the rise in contractors’…
The construction industry added 13,000 jobs in June as the number of jobseekers with construction experience plunged to a record…
Total construction spending edged down 0.1 percent in May as spending on new houses and apartments stalled, while public and private…
Construction employment increased in two out of three U.S. metro areas between May 2021 and May 2022, according to an analysis by…
Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs during the past twelve months, but momentum slowed in May…
Contractors’ bid prices for constructing new nonresidential buildings finally caught up with soaring costs for the materials and service they…
KANSAS CITY, MO. – The bi-state region’s fast-growing construction sector, which last year started $8.3 billion worth of projects, contributes…
Rapidly rising hourly earnings enabled the construction industry to add 36,000 employees in May, but a record number of job…
Nearly three-quarters of federal contractors report they will stop bidding on federal projects if the Biden administration were to follow…