Construction employment patterns diverged across the country in April as 19 states plus the District of Columbia added jobs over the past year even as losses deepened in others, AGC reported in an analysis of state employment data released by the Labor Department.
The Case for Infrastructure & Reform makes a compelling case for a continued federal role in investing in infrastructure while simultaneously calling for reforms to refocus federal programs.
Contractors were only able to partially pass on the costs of rising petroleum and metals prices in April, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released Thursday by AGC.
On May 12, 2011, AGC submitted testimony for a hearing held jointly between the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Small Business entitled, “Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama’s Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?”
The construction industry’s unemployment rate declined slightly to 17.8 percent, nearly twice the national average, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released Friday by AGC.
Construction spending bounced back from an 11-year low in March, increasing by 1.4 percent to a total seasonally adjusted annual rate of $769 billion, according to AGC's analysis of new Census Bureau data released Monday.
Construction employment increased in 138 out of 337 metropolitan areas between March 2010 and March 2011, decreased in 153 and stayed level in 46, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Tuesday by AGC.
In collaboration with the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, AGC and the Ohio Contractors Association launched an ad campaign in Ohio Thursday to push for new federal transportation investments and legislation.
AGC General Counsel Michael Kennedy was honored today by ENR as one of the top 25 "Newsmakers" of 2010 for his successful efforts to demonstrate significant flaws in the data driving costly new off road diesel emissions regulations in California.
Construction employment increased in 141 out of 337 metropolitan areas between February 2010 and February 2011, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Tuesday by AGC.