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12/14/2009 NEW DATA SHOWS LOW CONSTRUCTION PRICES MAY SOON BE COMING TO AN END AS DIESEL, PLYWOORD AND COPPER PRICES JUMP IN NOVEMBER
12/07/2009 NEW DATA ASSEMBLED BY CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS SHOWS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTY BELOW STATE DIESEL EMISSIONS TARGET LEVELS FOR YEARS TO COME
12/06/2009 EPA ENDANGERMENT FINDING WILL DELAY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, UNDERMINE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND PUSH CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT ABOVE CURRENT 19.4 RATE, TOP CONSTRUCTION OFFICIAL SAYS
12/03/2009 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT NEARS 20 PERCENT AS ANOTHER 27,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LOSE THEIR JOB IN NOVEMBER
12/02/2009 FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDING LIKELY TO DROP BY OVER $15 BILLION IN 2010 WITHOUT INCREASE IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
12/02/2009 MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA & CONGRESS: CREATE LONG-TERM, SUSTAINABLE AMERICAN JOBS BY TAKING ACTION NOW ON SIX-YEAR HIGHWAY & TRANSIT BILL
11/30/2009 NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DROPS TO LOWEST RATE IN 27 MONTHS AS COMMERICAL ACTIVITY AND ROAD BUILDING DECLINE
11/29/2009 EVERY ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S 28 LARGEST COMMUNITIES SEES ANNUAL DECREASE IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT THIS OCTOBER
11/29/2009 ONLY FIVE OUT OF THE NATION'S LARGEST 337 COMMUNITIES SEE ANNUAL INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT THIS OCTOBER
11/24/2009 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES USE OF CONSENSUSDOCS TEMPLATE CONTRACTS FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

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