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06/01/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 25,000 JOBS IN MAY AND 286,000 FOR THE YEAR AS CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCREASES BY 7.6 PERCENT BETWEEN APRIL 2017 & 2018
05/30/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 256 METRO AREAS BETWEEN APRIL 2017 & 2018 DESPITE CHALLENGE OF FINDING QUALIFIED WORKERS IN TIGHT JOB MARKET
05/24/2018 CONSTRUCTION GROUP USES MOBILE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE HIGHWAY WORK ZONES SAFER AS MOST ROAD CONTRACTORS EXPERIENCED VEHICLE CRASHES AT WORK SITES
05/18/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 38 STATES AND D.C. FROM APRIL 2017 TO APRIL 2018 WHILE 29 STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH
05/04/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 17,000 JOBS IN APRIL AND 257,000 FOR THE YEAR; HOURLY EARNINGS RISE 3.5 PERCENT AS FIRMS COMPETE FOR TIGHT POOL OF LABOR
05/02/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 245 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MARCH 2017 & 2018, AS TRADE FIGHTS & INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING SHORTFALLS LOOM
05/01/2018 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DROPS TO $1.285 TRILLION IN MARCH FROM FEBRUARY AS PRIVATE-SECTOR DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION FALLS AMID TARIFF AND TRADE FEARS
04/20/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 38 STATES AND D.C. FROM MARCH 2017 TO MARCH 2018 WHILE 29 STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH
04/10/2018 CONSTRUCTION COSTS CLIMB IN MARCH AS WIDE RANGE OF INPUT COSTS JUMP; TARIFF THREATS MAY DELAY PROJECTS AND MAKE SOME UNAFFORDABLE
04/06/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 228,000 JOBS OVER THE YEAR DESPITE DIP IN MARCH; INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 7.4 PERCENT IS LOWEST EVER FOR THE MONTH