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Reshaping the Industry
Three actions are necessary to build a thriving, profitable and durable construction industry:
- Acceptance. Recognize current situations and challenges and accept they are real.
- Leadership. Embrace core values and principles as innovators and leaders.
- Solutions. Collaborate among owners, contractors and workforce for solutions.
The value of construction starts, not seasonally adjusted, soared 13% year-over-year (y/y) in May but was down 0.4% year-to-date (YTD) in the first five months of 2025 compared to...
June 12, 2025 - Associated Builders and Contractors responded to the announcement from the Office of Management and Budget that President Donald Trump’s administration...
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.4% in May, not seasonally adjusted (NSA), and 2.2% year-over-year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the...
Authored by Mary Scott Nabers:The unique and disruptive chaos so painfully visible at the federal level of government is causing millions of Americans to be extremely concerned...
The construction industry added 4,000 jobs on net in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
The commercial construction industry continues to echo with the same concern: we need people. But here’s the real question — when people are available, are you ...
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,314,000 in May, a gain of 4,000 from April and 126,000 (1.5%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis ...
Construction spending (not adjusted for inflation) fell for the third month in a row in April to $2.15 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, down 0.4% from March and 0.5...









