AGC - Tue October 01, 2019
Construction Spending Inches Higher In August But Declines Year-To-Date
Construction spending edged up 0.1 percent in August from July but declined from year-ago levels, with divergent trends in residential and nonresidential categories, according to an analysis Oct. 1 by the Associated General Contractors of America of new federal spending data....
AGC - Wed September 25, 2019
AGC Calls on EPA to Delay Cutting Highway Funds to California
The Associated General Contractors of America called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay cutting highway funds to California as state officials work to update and finalize its air quality plans....
AGC - Tue September 24, 2019
AGC Presents Its First-Ever Legislator of the Year Award to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
The Associated General Contractors of America named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as its first-ever Legislator of the Year for his work during the 115th Congress to support the construction industry....
AGC - Mon September 23, 2019
Construction Employment Increases in 39 States, D.C. From August 2018 to 2019
Thirty-nine states added construction jobs between August 2018 and August 2019, while construction employment increased in 29 states from July to August, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released Sept....
AGC - Mon September 09, 2019
Construction Employment Rises by 14,000 in August, 177,000 in 12 Months
Construction employment increased by 14,000 jobs in August and by 177,000, or 2.4 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction experience remained near historic lows, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America....
AGC - Tue September 03, 2019
Construction Spending Edges Higher in July But Decreases Year-To-Date
Construction spending inched up less than 0.1 percent in July from June but slipped from year-ago levels, as a weak single-family homebuilding market and declines in some private nonresidential segments masked gains in public and multifamily construction, according to an analysis Sept....
AGC - Wed August 28, 2019
Construction Employment Increases in 255 Out of 358 Metro Areas in Past Year
Construction employment grew in 255, or 71 percent, out of 358 metro areas between July 2018 and July 2019, declined in 56 and was unchanged in 47, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Aug....
AGC - Tue August 27, 2019
Eighty Percent of Contractors Report Difficulty Finding Qualified Craft Workers
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....
AGC - Tue August 27, 2019
Officials to Release New Data Showing the Severity of Construction Worker Shortages Nationwide and By Region and State
On Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 1 p.m. EDT, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk will release new data showing the severity of construction worker shortages nationwide and by region and state* during a media conference call at 1-800-875-3456 (use passcode: "Brian Turmail")....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 20, 2019
AGC Warns of Labor Shortage Despite Toledo's Growth
A July 31 press conference in Toledo, Ohio, organized by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the AGC of Northwest Ohio highlighted the results of monthly analysis of U.S. Department of Labor data on construction employment in the nation's 358 metropolitan centers between June 2018 and June 2019....
