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04/07/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES BY 6,000 IN MARCH TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2008; SMALL JOB GAINS LIKELY REFLECT MILD WEATHER FEBRUARY HIRING SURGE
04/04/2017 CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION UNVEILS STEPS TO IMPROVE WORKER SAFETY AS 239 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS DURING PAST 12 MONTHS
04/03/2017 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCREASES IN FEBRUARY AS PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC-SECTOR INVESTMENTS OFFSET MODEST PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL DECLINE
03/29/2017 CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION CALLS ON CALIFORNIA & LOCAL LAWMAKERS TO REJECT BANS ON EMPLOYERS WORKING ON BORDER SECURITY PROJECTS
03/24/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 43 STATES IN LAST 12 MONTHS; FIVE STATES HIT RECORD HIGHS AS SOLID DEMAND, MILD WINTER BOOST TOTALS
03/22/2017 W.S. BELLOWS CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF HOUSTON, TEXAS NAMED NATION’S SAFEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN 2016 BY NATIONAL CONTRACTORS GROUP
03/22/2017 SENATE REPEAL OF OBAMA-ERA “VOLKS RULE” PRESERVES WORKER SAFETY WHILE PROTECTING THE CONSTITUTION AND RESPECTING COURT RULINGS
03/21/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHOWS MIXED GEOGRAPHIC PATTERN IN JANUARY WITH INCREASES IN 219 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS AND DECREASES IN 104 AREAS
03/13/2017 THIRTY-NINE STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN JANUARY 2016 & 2017 WHILE THIRTY-EIGHT STATES AND D.C. ADD JOBS FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY
03/11/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT JUMPS BY 58,000 IN FEBRUARY TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2008; YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IS BROAD-BASED AND TOPS PRIVATE-SECTOR RATE