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09/02/2016 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 6,000 IN AUGUST AS MOST CONTRACTORS ARE HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING QUALIFIED CRAFT WORKERS TO MEET DEMAND
09/01/2016 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING REMAINS STEADY IN JULY AND IS UP BY 5.6 PERCENT FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR AMID GROWING LABOR SHORTAGES
08/31/2016 TWO-THIRDS OF CONTRACTORS HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING QUALIFIED CRAFT WORKERS TO HIRE AMID GROWING CONSTRUCTION DEMAND, NATIONAL SURVEY FINDS
08/24/2016 NEW FEDERAL “FAIR PLAY” RULE WILL SUBJECT FIRMS TO UNFAIR AND ARBITRARY PUNISHMENT, SCARE AWAY FEDERAL CONTRACTORS, ESPECIALLY SMALLER ONES
08/19/2016 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 39 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OVER LATEST 12 MONTHS; YET ONLY 23 STATES AND D.C. ADD JOBS FROM JUNE TO JULY
08/02/2016 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 228 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JUNE 2015 AND 2016 AS FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALIFIED WORKERS TO HIRE
08/01/2016 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DECLINES IN JUNE FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE MONTH, BUT RESULTS FOR FIRST HALF OF 2016 OUTPACE JANUARY-JUNE 2015 TOTALS
07/22/2016 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 39 STATES BETWEEN JUNE 2015 AND 2016, BUT HALF OF STATES SHED JOBS FROM MAY TO JUNE AS QUALIFIED WORKERS GROW SCARCE
07/08/2016 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT STALLS IN JUNE BUT TOPS OVERALL RATE OF JOB GAINS SINCE JUNE 2015; DATA ON PAY, HOURS, UNEMPLOYMENT POINT TO WORKER SCARCITY
07/01/2016 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING SLIPS IN MAY BUT RISES FOR FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 2016, WITH ROBUST YEAR-TO-DATE INCREASES IN MOST PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CATEGORIES