Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Located in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area, The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is the leading association for the construction industry. Operating in partnership with its nationwide network of Chapters, AGC provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest.

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MORE CONTRACTORS REPORT CANCELED PROJECTS THAN STARTS, SURVEY FINDS; CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN MOST...

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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses,
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Officials to Release New Data Showing the Ongoing Impacts of the Coronavirus on the...

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 the Associated General Contractors of America will release new data showing the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus on the construction sector and its impacts on metro area construction employment.
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ONLY EIGHT STATES TOP FEBRUARY PEAK IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DESPITE GAINS IN 32 STATES...

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California and Vermont Post Worst Losses since February as Virginia and South Dakota Add the Most; Illinois and Iowa Have Worst One-Month Job Losses, While New York and Vermont Post
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CONSTRUCTION OFFICIALS CALL ON TRUMP AND BIDEN TO ESTABLISH A NATIONWIDE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN...

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Officials Say Nationwide Plan Should Set Clear Distribution Priorities, Warn that Delegating Responsibility for Distributing Coronavirus Vaccine to State & Local Officials will Lead
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CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 26,000 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER BUT NONRESIDENTIAL JOBS STALL AS MANY COMMERCIAL...

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Pandemic Prompts Strong Demand for Housing, But Undermines Demand for Most Types of Nonresidential Projects as Retail and Office Suffer and State and Local Governments Cut Construction
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES 1.4 PERCENT IN AUGUST AS RESIDENTIAL BOOM OUTWEIGHS PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL DECLINE...

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Construction spending increased by 1.4 percent in August as strong gains in residential construction outweighed decreases in most private nonresidential segments and many public categories
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Modular Building Institute to Join the ConsensusDocs Coalition and Release the First Industry Standard...

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The ConsensusDocs Coalition, as it marks its 13-year milestone, is announcing the addition of Modular Building Institute (MBI) to the Coalition, a unique group of now 41 associations
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TWO-THIRDS OF METROS SHED CONSTRUCTION JOBS FROM AUGUST 2019 TO AUGUST 2020 AS ASSOCIATION...

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 Construction employment decreased in 241, or 67 percent, out of 358 metro areas between August 2019 and last month, according to an analysis of new government data that the Associated
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 39 STATES BETWEEN AUGUST 2019 AND 2020 WHILE 31 STATES...

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Thirty-nine states lost construction jobs between August 2019 and August 2020 while 31 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between July and August according
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CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 16,000 WORKERS IN AUGUST BUT NONRESIDENTIAL JOBS SHRINK; ASSOCIATION SURVEY FINDS...

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Postponed and Canceled Projects Proliferate, Yet Majority of Firms Report Difficulty Filling Hourly Craft Positions; Officials Urge Immediate Federal Action to Fund Infrastructure and Enact
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CORONAVIRUS HAS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS, YET DEMAND FOR SKILLED LABOR...

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The coronavirus has harmed the construction industry, prompting project delays and cancellations, layoffs and furloughs
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Officials to Release New Data Showing the Impacts of the Coronavirus on the United...

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The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk will release new data showing the current state of the construction workforce and how the coronavirus has impacted the sector nationwide as well as by region and state* during a virtual
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES FROM JUNE TO JULY IN 26 STATES AND D.C. AS PROJECTS...

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California and New Mexico Have Worst One-Month Job Losses While New York Has Largest Increases; California and Vermont Post Worst Yearly Declines as Utah and South Dakota Have
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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 20,000 EMPLOYEES IN JULY BUT NONRESIDENTIAL EMPLOYMENT DIPS; ASSOCIATION WARNS SKID...

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Gains in July are Limited to Residential Side as State and Local Governments and Private Owners Postpone And Cancel Upcoming
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OFFICIALS TO RELEASE DATA SHOWING MAY CONSTRUCTION JOB TOTALS BY METRO, ALONG WITH SURVEY...

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On Tuesday, June 30 at 10:30 a.m. EDT, officials with the Associated General Contractors of America and HCSS will unveil new survey results highlighting the dangers of highway work
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OFFICIALS TO RELEASE NEW DATA SHOWING MORE PEOPLE WORKING IN CONSTRUCTION IN MOST CITIES...

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On Tuesday, June 30 at 10:30 a.m. EDT, officials with the Associated General Contractors of America and HCSS will unveil new survey results highlighting the dangers of highway work
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NEW HOUSE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE WILL PROVIDE NEEDED INVESTMENTS IN AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORT ECONOMIC RECOVERY...

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The Moving Forward Act's Proposed $1.5 Trillion in New Investments Will Improve Range of Public Infrastructure
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NEW DATA SHOWS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY RETURNING TO PRE-CORONAVIRUS LEVELS IN MANY PARTS OF THE...

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Association Survey and Data Collected by Procore Measure Impacts of the Pandemic, Showing Signs of a Construction Recovery, but Labor Shortages and Project Cancellations Show
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NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION AND PROCORE TO RELEASE NEW STATE AND NATIONAL DATA SHOWING...

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Tomorrow, Thursday, June 18 at 12 p.m. EDT, the Associated General Contractors of America and Procore will release new state and national data showing the impacts of the coronavirus
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PASSAGE OF PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS WILL SAVE MANY CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND PROTECT CONSTRUCTION...

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With Needed Improvements to the Vital Survival Program Complete, Construction Official Urges Congress and the President

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FHFA Announces Final Rule Expanding Access to Liquidity for the Federal...

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