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Construction Material Costs Increase 7.4 Percent, As Contractors Continue to Be Squeezed by Tariffs, Rising Fuel Prices 

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AGC - The cost of many products used in construction climbed 7.4 percent over the past year due to double digit increases in commonly-used construction materials, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new Labor Department data. As...

Construction Employment Rises by 23,000 Jobs in September, 315,000 for the Year

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AGC - Construction employment increased by 23,000 jobs in September and by 315,000 jobs over the past year, reaching a 10-year high, while the industry's unemployment rate decreased more than half-a-percentage point to 4.1 percent from a year earlier, according to an analysis of new government data...

Construction Spending Extends Year-To-Date Gains in August

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AGC - Construction spending increased 0.1 percent from July to August and 5.3 percent for eight months of 2018 combined, with continued year-to-date gains for major public and private categories, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America...

Construction Employment Rises In 287 Metros Between August 2017, 2018

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AGC - Construction employment increased in 287 out of 358 metro areas (80 percent) between August 2017 and August 2018, declined in 35 (10 percent) and was unchanged in 36, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Sept. 27 by the Associated General Contractors of America...

Construction Employment Rises In 45 States, D.C. From August 2017 to 2018

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AGC - Forty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between August 2017 and August 2018, while 33 states added construction jobs between July and August, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department...

Construction Spending Extends Year-To-Date Gains in July

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AGC - Construction spending increased 0.1 percent from June to July and 5.2 percent for seven months of 2018 combined, with year-to-date growth for most major public and private categories, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America...

Eighty Percent of Contractors Report Difficulty Finding Workers

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AGC - Eighty percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an industry-wide survey released Aug. 29 by Autodesk and the Associated General Contra...

Construction Employment Rises In 45 States, D.C.

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AGC - Forty-five states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July 2017 and July 2018, while 29 states and D.C. added construction jobs between June and July, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department...

Construction Input Costs Mixed in July

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AGC - Prices for goods and services used in construction costs were unchanged overall from June to July, but months of steep increases over the past year have squeezed the profits of contractors, whose bid prices have not matched the cost shocks, according to an analysis by the Associated Gener...

H.G. Harvey Constructors' Richard 'Dick' Harvey Sr. Passes at Age 80

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AGC, Cron-Sheehy - Richard “Dick” Howard Harvey Sr. passed away at age 80 in his home on July 17, 2018, with his wife by his side. Mr. Harvey was born on October 13, 1937. He went on to receive his Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Minnesota in 1960. The following year, Mr....