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09/10/2015 NATIONWIDE SURVEY FINDS 86 PERCENT OF CONTRACTORS HAVE DIFFICULTY FILLING KEY CRAFT AND SALARIED JOBS AS DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION INCREASES
09/04/2015 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO LOWEST AUGUST LEVEL SINCE 2001 BUT JOB GROWTH SLOWS; DATA SUGGEST WORKER SHORTAGES, OFFICIALS WARN
09/01/2015 FEWER THAN HALF OF THE NATION’S METRO AREAS ADDED CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN JULY 2014 & 2015 AS FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MEASURES LANGUISH
08/21/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT IS UP IN 37 STATES AND D.C. BETWEEN JULY ’14 & ’15; AS 28 STATES AND D.C. ADD JOBS FROM JUNE TO JULY AMID CONFLICTING ECONOMIC TRENDS
08/07/2015 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 14-YEAR LOW AS EMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST MARK SINCE 2009; DATA POINT TO LOOMING WORKER SHORTAGE, OFFICIALS WARN
08/03/2015 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING IN JUNE GROWS AT FASTEST RATE SINCE 2006 AS ALL MAJOR SEGMENTS POST YEAR-OVER-YEAR GAINS; WORKER SHORTAGES MAY DERAIL GROWTH
07/29/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 127 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JUNE 2014 & 2015 AMID UNCERTAINTY ABOUT FEDERAL HIGHWAY/TRANSIT FUNDING
07/21/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN HALF OF THE STATES BETWEEN MAY AND JUNE AS CONGRESS SEEKS NEW WAY TO PAY FOR NEEDED TRANSPORTATION UPGRADES
07/02/2015 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO LOWEST JUNE LEVEL SINCE 2001 WHILE EMPLOYMENT TIES SIX-YEAR HIGH; OFFICIALS WARN OF GROWING WORKER SHORTAGE
07/01/2015 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING IN MAY REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 2008 AS ALL MAJOR SEGMENTS ADVANCE FOR MONTH AND YEAR; POTENTIAL WORKER SHORTAGES LOOM