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Construction spending rallied in January as private nonresidential construction increased for the first time in seven months, according to an…
Construction employment declined by 61,000 in February, while the sector’s unemployment rate soared to 9.6 percent amid severe winter weather…
AGC of America is conducting a new coronavirus survey to determine how the pandemic has impacted operations over the past year and…
Price increases—some to record-setting levels—and long delivery delays are causing hardships for construction firms that are also experiencing challenges in…
Construction employment stagnated in January, ending eight months of recovery from the pandemic-related losses of early 2020, according to an…
Construction employment decreased from December 2019 to December 2020 in more than half of the nation’s metro areas despite a…
Construction employment in December remained below pre-pandemic levels in two-thirds of the states even though 37 states and the District…
Construction employment increased by 51,000 jobs in December, with gains for nonresidential as well as residential contractors, according to an…
Most contractors expect demand for many types of construction to shrink in 2021 even as the pandemic is prompting many…
Only 34 percent of the nation’s metro areas—just over one-third—added construction jobs from November 2019 to November 2020, according to…