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08/01/2017 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DECREASES FROM MAY TO JUNE AS PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION TUMBLE; PRIVATE OUTLAY GROWTH SLOWS
07/21/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT CLIMBS IN 41 STATES BETWEEN JUNE 2016 AND JUNE 2017 WHILE 25 STATES ADD JOBS FROM MAY TO JUNE AS FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND WORKERS
07/07/2017 CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 16,000 JOBS IN JUNE FOLLOWING THREE-MONTH LULL AS INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO LOWEST LEVEL IN SERIES HISTORY
07/03/2017 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HOLDS STEADY FROM APRIL TO MAY AS REPORTED DELAYS CAUSED BY SHORTAGE OF SKILLED WORKERS SPREAD AMID CONTINUING DEMAND
06/27/2017 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 245 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY 2016 AND 2017 EVEN AS MANY FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALIFIED WORKERS
06/16/2017 FORTY-TWO STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN MAY 2016 & 2017 BUT 25 STATES AND D.C. LOSE JOBS FROM APRIL TO MAY AS FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND WORKERS
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