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Construction Spending Slips in December; Yearly Totals Increase Moderately in Most Segments

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AGC - Construction spending declined by 0.6 percent from November to December but increased from a year earlier in most major categories, according to an analysis of new government data March 4 by the Associated General Contractors. The new spending data shows strong overall demand for...

FAE USA , Atlantic & Southern Equipment Grow Together

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FAE - Atlantic & Southern Equipment is an AGCO tractor and Link-Belt crane dealer with headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., and multiple locations in the Southeast. Since 2001, Atlantic & Southern has been serving customers in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennesse...

Industry Groups Respond to President Trump's State of the Union

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AGC, AED and ARTBA - Various industry groups have issued responses to President Trump's remarks in his recent State of the Union address. Here is what they had to say: The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, released the following...

Construction Employment Climbs in January to 11-Year Peak

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AGC - Construction employment increased by 52,000 jobs in January and by 338,000 jobs, or 4.7 percent, over the past year, while the latest reading on construction spending showed moderate increases in all major categories, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated Gener...

Focus — 2019 Texas Contractors Be Wary

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AGC - Texas contractors had a generally strong year in 2018 and can expect a repeat in 2019. However, there are three reasons for caution: rising materials costs, an ever-tightening labor market and increasing interest rates. Nationally, construction employment increased 4.6 percent from Octobe...

Construction Employment Increases in 2018 Amid Strong Demand, But Labor Shortages Likely Prevented Additional Gains

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AGC - Construction employment grew in 273 out of 358 metro areas between December 2017 and December 2018, declined in 37 and was unchanged in 48, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Jan. 29 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association offici...

Construction Employment Increases in December 2018 in 43 States, D.C.

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AGC - Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between December 2017 and December 2018, while 36 states added construction jobs between November and December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Depar...

Construction Costs Dip in December But Most Materials, Services Prices Accelerate in 2018

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AGC - After a year marked by numerous price spikes, construction costs declined in December but remained elevated compared to year-earlier prices, while prices of new buildings also moved higher, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new Labor Dep...

Construction Employment Rises by 38,000 in December, 280,000 in 2018

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AGC - Construction employment increased by 38,000 jobs in December and by 280,000 jobs, or 4.0 percent, over the past year, while the industry's average pay accelerated and unemployment decreased to a historic low, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Co...

79 Percent of Construction Firms Plan to Expand Headcount in 2019

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AGC - Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019, but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to survey results released Jan. 2 by the Associated General Contractors of America and ...