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10/02/2017 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCREASES IN MOST CATEGORIES FROM JULY TO AUGUST BUT YEAR-OVER-YEAR CHANGES ARE MIXED, WITH BIG DROPS IN INFRASTRUCTURE
09/29/2017 UNIFIED TAX REFORM FRAMEWORK WILL LOWER COST OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND ALLOW FIRMS TO FOCUS MORE ON BUSINESS
09/28/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 274 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN AUGUST 2016 AND 2017 AS FIRMS WORK TO COPE WITH GROWING LABOR SHORTAGES
09/19/2017 PROPOSAL TO PREEMPT NEW YORK’S NOTORIOUS SCAFFOLD LAW OFFERS GOOD START TO IMPROVING CONSTRUCTION SAFETY IN THE EMPIRE STATE
09/15/2017 THIRTY-FOUR STATES AND D.C. ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN AUGUST 2016 AND AUGUST 2017 WHILE 30 STATES ADD JOBS BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST
09/01/2017 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 28,000 JOBS IN AUGUST AFTER SPENDING DROP IN JULY, BUT CONTRACTORS CITE WIDESPREAD DIFFICULTY FINDING EXPERIENCED WORKERS
08/29/2017 SEVENTY-PERCENT OF CONTRACTORS HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING QUALIFIED CRAFT WORKERS TO HIRE AMID GROWING CONSTRUCTION DEMAND, NATIONAL SURVEY FINDS
08/17/2017 THIRTY-SIX STATES AND D.C. ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN JULY 2016 & 2017 BUT ONLY HALF OF THE STATES ADDED JOBS BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY
08/04/2017 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 6,000 JOBS IN JULY AND 191,000 OVER 12 MONTHS; ANNUAL GROWTH RATE IS NEARLY DOUBLE THE HIRING PACE IN OVERALL ECONOMY
08/02/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 264 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JUNE 2016 AND 2017 AS WESTERN METRO AREAS FARE BETTER THAN OTHER LOCALES