Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in July, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.4 percent from 7.6 percent in June, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The unemployment rate in July was the lowest ...
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) said Monday that significantly more construction firms are planning to add new staff than plan to cut staff while demand for many types of private sector construction projects should ...
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Hawaii and Texas Top List of 20 States and D.C. Adding Construction Jobs Since November 2011 as Delaware and New York Trail; Vermont and Louisiana Led 19 States with One-Month Gain, D.C. and Texas Lag Barely one-third of states added ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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A total of 5,000 construction jobs were added nationwide in September resulting in 5.523 million employed for the month,an improvement from the 5.518 million employed in August,according to data released by the Associated General ...
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All major segments of construction spending increased in October,bringing total spending to a 37-month high at an annualized rate of$872 billion,according to an analysis of new federal data released by the Associated General Contractors of ...
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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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The cost of construction materials rose 0.9 percent in February, more than double the 0.4 percent rise in January, according information from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America in Arlington, Va. The unadjusted percent ...
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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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