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AGC provides update on construction employment
Construction employment in October remained depressed compared to pre-pandemic levels in three-fourths of states despite the fact that 36 states and the District of Columbia added new construction...
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AGC: Nonresidential construction ‘continuing to slide’
Construction spending totaled $1.44 trillion in October, at a seasonally-adjusted rate, marking an increase of 1.3 percent from September and 3.7 percent higher than October 2019, according to...
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Report: Construction employment slipping downward
Construction employment dropped in 58 percent (209 of 358) of metro areas between October 2019 and October of this year, according to an analysis of government data by the Associated General...
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Construction sector adds jobs in November
Construction employment increased by 27,000 jobs in November, as continuing robust gains in residential categories masked more sluggish increases in nonresidential jobs, according to an analysis of...
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AGC: Construction employment up in some states, down in others
Construction employment in November remained below pre-pandemic levels in 35 states and the District of Columbia, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) reports. Thirty-one states and the...
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AGC: Construction spending up in November 2020, but gains uneven
Construction spending in November totaled $1.46 trillion, at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate, according to analysis of federal construction data by the Associated General Contractors of America...
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AGC: Project cancellations, postponements weighing on contractors
Thirty-four percent of the nation’s metro areas added construction jobs from November 2019 to November 2020, according to an analysis of new government data that the Associated General Contractors of...
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Report: Construction employment up in December 2020
Construction employment increased by 51,000 jobs in December to a total of 7,413,000 – marking a 0.7 percent gain from November, according to an analysis of government data by the Associated General...
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Report: Construction employment below pre-pandemic levels in most states
Construction employment in December remained below pre-pandemic levels across 34 different states, according to an analysis of government data by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)....
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Construction spending mixed based on latest AGC findings
According to the Associated General Contractors of America, public construction spending increased 3 percent in 2020 and 0.5 percent in the month of December. Photo: iStock.com/kozmoat98 Construction...
View ArticleSponsored: The year ahead for construction
Ken Simonson, chief economist at the Associated General Contractors of America, reflects on 2020 activity in private nonresidential and public construction while looking to the challenges and...
View ArticleSponsored: Employment as an indicator of the industry’s health
Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) chief economist Ken Simonson discusses construction employment, sharing the latest on residential and nonresidential markets while providing some insight...
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Report: Construction employment down in most metros in 2020
Construction employment declined in 53 percent (191 of 358) of U.S. metros from December 2019 to December 2020, according to an analysis of new government data from the Associated General Contractors...
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Construction employment stalls in January 2021
Construction employment stagnated in January, ending eight months of recovery from the pandemic-related losses of early 2020, according to an analysis of government data by the Associated General...
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Report: Construction spending up to start 2021
Construction spending totaled $1.52 trillion in January, an increase of 1.7 percent from December and a 5.8 percent improvement from the same period of a year earlier, according to an analysis of...
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Construction employment down 61,000 in February 2021
Construction employment declined by 61,000 in February, and the sector’s unemployment rate soared to 9.6 percent amid severe winter weather and continuing weakness in new nonresidential projects,...
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Contractors continue to face serious challenges year into pandemic
Construction firms are experiencing soaring materials costs, widespread supply chain problems, and continuing project deferrals and cancellations, according to a new survey the Associated General...
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Rising material prices, supply chain disruptions becoming problematic
Rising materials costs and longer delivery times are making life difficult for contractors and their customers, the Associated General Contractors of America reports. Photo: oksanaphoto/iStock / Getty...
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Construction employment lagging pre-pandemic levels in most states
Construction employment in January remained below pre-pandemic levels in all but eight states, according to an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of government employment data....
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AGC pores over the latest construction jobs numbers
Construction employment decreased from January 2020 to January 2021 in nearly two-thirds of the nation’s metro areas, according to an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of...
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