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02/13/2025 Prices For Nonresidential Construction Materials And Services Rise 0.8 Percent In January As Contractors Brace For Impacts Of New Tariffs
02/11/2025 Feds Begin To Pull Project Labor Agreement Mandates In Wake Of Association-Backed Victory Over Biden’s Unlawful Executive Order
02/07/2025 Construction Sector Adds 4,000 Jobs in January; Nonresidential Job Gains Offset Declines in Residential as Average Wages Rose to $30.84 an Hour
02/05/2025 Construction Jobs Increase In Two-Thirds Of Metro Areas Between December 2023 & 2024, As Firms Remain Worried Amid Tight Labor Conditions
02/03/2025 Construction Spending Edges Up December Despite Declines In Multifamily And Infrastructure As Threat Of Looming Tariffs Weighs On Industry
01/28/2025 Construction Employment Increases In 38 States & D.C. From December 2023 To Last Month; 26 States Add Jobs Between November And December
01/20/2025 Association’s Novel Bid Protest Strategy Topples President Biden’s Unlawful Project Labor Mandate for Federal Construction Projects
01/16/2025 Contractors Report Nearly Two-thirds Of Their Utility Strikes Occurred Because The Lines Were Incorrectly Marked After They Called 811
01/10/2025 Construction Sector Adds 8,000 Jobs In December As Industry Employment And Wage Gains Outpace Growth Rates For The Overall Economy In 2024
01/08/2025 Construction Firms Predict Strong Demand For Certain Private-sector & Most Types Of Public-Sector Work In 2025, But Worry About Labor & Materials Prices