Browse by Date - 202405

Construction Employment Increases In 218 Of 358 Metro Areas From April 2023 To April 2024 As Worker Scarcity Limits Gains In Some Markets

 

Baton Rouge, La. and Fairbanks, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. and Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. Experience Worst Job Losses

Nearly Two-Thirds Of Firms Working On Highway Upgrades Experienced Vehicles Crashing Into Work Zones During The Past Year, New Data Finds

 

Workers Plead with Drivers to Slow Down in New Videos, Construction Officials Call for Tougher Safety and Education Measures as Annual Survey Details Growing Risks to Drivers & Workers from Work Zone Crashes

Associated General Contractors Of America Joins With U.S. Chamber Of Commerce, Other Groups Sue To Block Dangerous “Walkaround” Rule

 

Groups Oppose Occupational Safety and Health Administration Measure that Forces Contractors to Let Potentially Anyone, Regardless of Safety Training, Construction Experience or Intent onto a Jobsite

Construction Employment Increases In 39 States From April 2023 To April 2024, While 29 States Add Jobs Between March And April

Texas and Alaska Top Lists of Numerical and Percentage Year-over-Year Increases, While Ohio and Iowa Trail; Michigan Has Largest Number and Percent of Monthly Gains, While New York and Maryland Have Worst Losses

Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Increase 0.4 Percent In April, Outpacing 0.1 Percent Rise In Contractors’ Bid Prices

Association Warns Proposal to Tighten Buy America Rules for Manufactured Products Used in Highway Construction Risks Driving Up Costs and Delaying Completion of Much-Needed Infrastructure Projects

Construction Sector Adds 9,000 Jobs Between March And April As Slowing Residential Activity Limits Gains; Nonresidential Firms Remain Busy

 

Nonresidential Building, Specialty Trades, and Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction Contractors Increase Headcount, While Monthly Employment Declines at Residential Specialty Trade Contractors

Construction Spending Dips 0.2 Percent In March As Decreases In Private Nonresidential And Residential Projects Outweigh Public Pickup

Varied Monthly Results among Segments, along with Year-over-Year Gains, Suggest Demand for Projects Remains Strong but Spending May Have Been Slowed by Shortage of Qualified Construction Workers