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06/30/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 205 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY 2014 & 2015 AS NUMBER OF AREAS GAINING JOBS HITS 13-MONTH LOW
06/19/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 40 STATES AND D.C. DURING THE PAST YEAR AS 28 STATES AND D.C. ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY
06/05/2015 CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ADD 17,000 JOBS IN MAY; INDUSTRY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 6.7 PERCENT AS NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS DROPS TO 10-YEAR MAY LOW
06/02/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 232 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN APRIL 2014 & 2015 BUT CONTRACTORS WORRY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
05/27/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 40 STATES AND D.C. DURING THE PAST YEAR AS 30 STATES AND D.C. ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL
05/20/2015 CONSTRUCTION GROUP CALLS FOR BETTER SAFETY MEASURES AS NEW DATA SHOWS NEARLY HALF OF ROAD CONTRACTORS SUFFERED CAR CRASHES IN WORK ZONES
05/08/2015 CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ADD 45,000 JOBS IN APRIL; INDUSTRY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 7.5 PERCENT AS NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS DROPS TO 14-YEAR LOW
05/01/2015 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING IN MARCH RISES FROM YEAR EARLIER BUT SLIPS FROM FEBRUARY; MOST PRIVATE SEGMENTS POST STRONG YEAR-OVER-YEAR GAINS
04/29/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 249 OUT OF 358 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MARCH 2014 & 2015 AS INDUSTRY WORRIES ABOUT TIGHT LABOR AND PUBLIC MARKETS
04/21/2015 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 41 STATES DURING THE PAST YEAR, BUT 29 STATES AND D.C. LOST JOBS IN THE SECTOR BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH