The total U.S.construction employment for August 2011 through August 2012 fell in 164 out of 337 metropolitan areas,according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America.The report also notes an increase in employment for ...
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The month of October marked a 37-month construction spending high, accumulating a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $872 billion, according to the latest Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) report. October's adjusted annual ...
However glass industry professionals ultimately voted in the presidential election, one reaction has been near unanimous: relief that the campaigning has come to a close. Mark Silverberg, president of Technoform North America Inc. in ...
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US-based specialty insurance brokerage firm, Alliant Insurance Services has appointed Surety executive Lawrence McMahon as the first vice president of the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP). McMahon, who joined the ...
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The cost of construction materials continues to surge from August through September, endangering contractors' workload, according to data gathered by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Despite minimal price changes from ...
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Construction spending in July maintained consistent year-over-year growth despite a pullback from the June peak,according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.Association ...
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Construction employment increased in just half the states plus the District of Columbia from June 2011 to June 2012, but declined in a slim majority of states in the past month, according to an analysis of Labor Department data by the ...
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, and Idaho contractors and suppliers say they are seeing the same trend in certain areas. “Some (products) related to crude oil prices, like roofing and resin products like PVC, are up, ” said Peter Alexander, CEO of BMC, a ...
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The construction industry was up 21, 000 jobs in January, likely due to two months of unseasonably mild winter weather. The Associated General Contractors of America released data attributing the higher temperatures to the two-year high in ...
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT WILL GO UP -- very slightly -- in 2012, contractors predicted in a survey released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Modest improvements in hiring in 2011 and equally modest forecasts for 2012 ...
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The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials held steady in September in the United States but climbed 8.1 percent from the year-earlier level, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by the ...