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September construction employment lags February 2020 level in 35 states; ABI signals growth ahead [node:read-more:link]

Unusually, materials costs and contractors’ bid prices both declined from August to September, but the gap between the two prices remained wide over the latest 12 months. [node:read-more:link]

Construction employment rises in September; construction executives’ optimism cools, ENR finds. [node:read-more:link]

Spending stalls in August; materials costs climb as futures prices signal further increases ahead. [node:read-more:link]

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August employment lags February 2020 in 39 states; year-to-date nonresidential starts trail 2020 [node:read-more:link]

Materials costs outrun bid prices for the year despite drop in August; job openings set record for July. [node:read-more:link]

Contractors struggle to find workers despite a 5-month fall in employment, Autodesk-AGC survey finds. [node:read-more:link]

Construction employment, not seasonally adjusted, increased from July 2020 to July 2021 in 268 (75%) of the 358 metro areas (including divisions of larger metros) for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) posts construction employment data, decreased in 54 (15%) and was unchanged in 36, according to an analysis AGC released. [node:read-more:link]

Seasonally adjusted construction employment in July trailed the February 2020 level in 36 states, exceeded it in 14 states, and was unchanged in the District of Columbia, according to AGC’s  [node:read-more:link]