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05/30/2019 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 250 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS FROM APRIL 2018 TO APRIL 2019 AS DEMAND FOR WORK OUTPACES SUPPLY OF WORKERS
05/23/2019 SIXTY-SEVEN PERCENT OF NATION’S ROAD CONTRACTORS EXPERIENCED VEHICLE CRASHES AT WORK SITES, PUTTING MOTORISTS’ AND WORKERS’ LIVES AT RISK
05/17/2019 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 43 STATES BETWEEN APRIL 2018 AND APRIL 2019 WHILE 32 STATES AND D.C. ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FROM MARCH TO APRIL
05/16/2019 PRESIDENT’S NEW IMMIGRATION PROPOSAL OPENS THE DOOR TO EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF CRAFT WORKERS WHO CAN LEGALLY ENTER THE COUNTRY
05/03/2019 CONSTRUCTION JOBS INCREASE BY 33,000 IN APRIL AND 256,000 OVER 12 MONTHS AS INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS TO 4.7 PERCENT, LOWEST EVER FOR APRIL
05/01/2019 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 218 METROS FROM MARCH 2018 TO MARCH 2019 AS NONRESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY SPENDING GROW DESPITE DECLINE IN HOMEBUILDING
04/30/2019 QUICK ACTION NEEDED ON AGREEMENT BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TOP DEMOCRATS TO PASS A $2 TRILLION INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE
04/19/2019 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 38 STATES FROM MARCH 2018 TO MARCH 2019 WHILE 29 STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH
04/15/2019 ENCORE ELECTRIC OF LAKEWOOD, COLORADO NAMED NATION’S SAFEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN 2018 BY NATIONAL CONTRACTORS GROUP
04/11/2019 THREE UNIVERSITIES NAMED NATION’S MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT CONSTRUCTION CHAPTERS OF 2018, ACCORDING TO NATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATION