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02/17/2021 Soaring Prices And Delivery Delays For Lumber, Steel And Other Inputs Squeeze Finances For Construction Firms Already Burdened By Pandemic
02/05/2021 Construction Employment Stalls In January With Unemployment Rate Of 9.4 Percent As New Measures Threaten To Undermine Sector’s Recovery
02/04/2021 New “PRO Act” Will Hurt Construction Workers, Undermine Their Privacy And Make It Hard For The Economy To Recover, Official Warns
02/02/2021 Construction Employment Declined In 2020 In Majority Of Metro Areas As Shrinking List Of Nonresidential Projects Outweighs Homebuilding Boom
02/01/2021 Construction Spending Diverges In December With Slump In Private Nonresidential Sector, Mixed Public Work, And Boom In Homebuilding
01/26/2021 Construction Employment In December Trails Pre-Pandemic Levels In 34 States As Pandemic Continues To Disrupt Demand For Many Projects
01/08/2021 Construction Sector Adds 51,000 Jobs In December, But Gains Are Likely Temporary As New Industry Survey Finds Widespread Pessimism For 2021
01/08/2021 Construction Sector Adds 51,000 Jobs In December, But Gains Are Likely Temporary As New Industry Survey Finds Widespread Pessimism For 2021
01/07/2021 Few Construction Firms Will Add Workers In 2021 As Industry Struggles With Declining Demand, Growing Number Of Project Delays And Cancellations
01/05/2021 Barely One-third Of Metros Add Construction Jobs In Latest 12 Months As Dwindling List Of Project Starts Forces Contractors To Lay Off Workers