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06/02/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES BY 11,000 IN MAY TO EIGHT-YEAR HIGH BUT LABOR SHORTAGES LIKELY LIMITED NUMBER OF NEW JOBS BEING ADDED
06/01/2017 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RETREATS IN APRIL AS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO FALL, UNDERMINING SECTOR’S AND ECONOMY’S GROWTH
05/31/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 217 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN APRIL 2016 AND 2017 AMID STRONG PRIVATE-SECTOR DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION
05/25/2017 CONSTRUCTION GROUP LAUNCHES NEW HIGHWAY WORK ZONE SAFETY EFFORT AS 44 PERCENT OF ROAD CONTRACTORS REPORT HAVING CARS CRASH INTO THEIR PROJECTS
05/23/2017 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FISCAL 2018 BUDGET PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, SETTING SPENDING PRIORITIES
05/19/2017 THIRTY-NINE STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN APRIL 2016 & 2017 BUT 27 STATES LOST JOBS BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL AMID WORKER SHORTAGES
05/05/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES BY 5,000 IN APRIL TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN NINE YEARS; BUT LABOR SHORTAGES LIKELY LIMITED NUMBER OF NEW JOBS BEING ADDED
05/02/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 224 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MARCH 2016 AND 2017 AS NEW TAX PROPOSAL MAY BOOST FUTURE GROWTH
05/01/2017 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS RECORD LEVELS FOR SECOND MONTH IN A ROW, IS UP BY 4.9 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEAR
04/21/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 39 STATES OVER PAST 12 MONTHS; 17 STATES ADD JOBS IN MARCH FOLLOWING EARLY HIRING DURING MILD WINTER