ABC - Mon January 27, 2025
ABC: Construction Industry Must Attract 439,000 Workers in 2025
The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 439,000 net new workers in 2025 to meet anticipated demand for construction services, according to a proprietary model developed and released today by Associated Builders and Contractors....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Mon January 06, 2025
ABC To Celebrate 75 Years of Building America at ABC Convention 2025 in Las Vegas
Associated Builders and Contractors announced that the association will turn 75 on June 1, 2025. To commemorate the milestone, ABC and its members will gather at several commemorative events, beginning with ABC Convention 2025 in Las Vegas....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Thu January 02, 2025
ABC: Nonresidential Construction Spending Dips 0.1% in November, Flat Year Over Year
National nonresidential construction spending declined 0.1 percent in November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.234 trillion....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Wed November 20, 2024
ABC 2025 National Chair, Executive Committee Announced
Associated Builders and Contractors announced that David Pugh, a partner at Bradley in Birmingham, Ala., was elected 2025 chair of ABC National Board of Directors during its meeting at the association's annual Leadership Institute in Scottsdale, Ariz....
ABC - Mon October 07, 2024
Veteran Association Executive John Mielke Joins ABC as Senior Director of Apprenticeship
Associated Builders and Contractors has named John Mielke as its senior director of apprenticeship. The former ABC Wisconsin chapter president will provide strategic direction, transformational leadership and innovative education solutions to ABC's 67 chapters and 23,000 members and their apprenticeship trusts nationwide....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Thu June 13, 2024
ABC: Construction Materials Prices Decrease in May for First Time Since December
Construction input prices decreased 0.9 percent in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index data released June 13....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Mon June 10, 2024
ABC: Nonresidential Construction Adds 17,100 Jobs in May
The construction industry added 21,000 jobs on net in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 251,000 jobs, an increase of 3.1 percent....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Thu May 02, 2024
ABC: Over Half of March State Construction Unemployment Rates Down From a Year Ago
The March 2024 not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate was 5.4 percent, down 0.2 percent from the previous year, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released May 2 by Associated Builders and Contractors....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Tue April 02, 2024
Construction Job Openings Increased by 16,000 in February, Says ABC
The construction industry had 441,000 job openings on the last day of February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 14, 2024
Georgia Ranks First in Construction Among All States
It's no secret that the state of Georgia is experiencing explosive growth in terms of its population and business investment, and as a consequence, the Georgia Department of Transportation is in the midst of a comprehensive, multi-billion dollar program to expand the road network to handle the increasing traffic....
