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09/07/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES BY 23,000 JOBS IN AUGUST AND 297,000 FOR THE YEAR EVEN AS LABOR SHORTAGES PREVENT FIRMS FROM HIRING MORE WORKERS
09/04/2018 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING EXTENDS YEAR-TO-DATE GAINS IN JULY IN MOST PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SEGMENTS EVEN AS CONTRACTORS STRUGGLE TO FIND CRAFT WORKERS
08/29/2018 EIGHTY PERCENT OF CONTRACTORS REPORT DIFFICULTY FINDING QUALIFIED CRAFT WORKERS TO HIRE AS ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR MEASURES TO REBUILD WORKFORCE
08/24/2018 NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP PROVIDES OVER $100,000 TO PUERTO RICO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TO HELP COVER DAMAGES FROM HURRICANE MARIA
08/17/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 45 STATES AND D.C. FROM JULY 2017 TO JULY 2018 WHILE 29 STATES AND D.C. ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH
08/09/2018 CONSTRUCTION INPUT COSTS ARE MIXED IN JULY BUT PRESSURE INTENSIFIES ON CONTRACTORS AS YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES OUTSTRIP BID PRICES
08/03/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT REACHES 10-YEAR HIGH AS INDUSTRY ADDS 19,000 JOBS IN JULY AND 303,000 FOR THE YEAR; INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT SETS RECORD LOW
08/01/2018 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RETREATS IN JUNE FROM RECORD HIGH IN MAY BUT SHOWS CONTINUED STRENGTH ACROSS MOST PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT CATEGORIES
07/31/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 272 METROS BETWEEN JUNE 2017 & 2018 AS STRONG DEMAND, GROWING ECONOMY OFFSET LABOR AND TARIFF WOES
07/26/2018 THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AGC PAC) ENDORSES RICK SCOTT FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE