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Contractors are invited to complete the AGC/Sage 2026 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook survey. The survey will close at noon ET Monday, December 15 and results will...
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December 12, 2025
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,305,000 in September, an increase of 19,000 from the downwardly revised August total and up 38,000 (0.5%) year-over-year (y...
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December 05, 2025
For the second month in a row, the shutdown of federal agencies has prevented the release of construction spending and employment data this week. ADP provides a partial substitute...
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November 07, 2025
“With the U.S. Census Bureau unable to release its construction spending and housing starts data due to the ongoing government shutdown, Dodge Construction Network’s economics...
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October 31, 2025
Total construction starts rose 3.1% from August to September at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on Monday. “Nonresidential...
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October 24, 2025
“The first year of new settlements [wages, health and welfare, retirement, apprentice, and other employer payments] reached from January through September of 2025…for union craft...
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October 17, 2025
Changes in announced tariff rates, dates, and exclusions continued this week. President Trump today threatened higher tariffs on China. A 25% tariff on heavy trucks that he had...
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October 10, 2025
Construction employment, not seasonally adjusted, rose from August 2024 to August 2025 in 177 (49%) of the 360 metro areas (including divisions of larger metros) for which the...
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October 03, 2025
Total construction starts rose 1.7% from July to August at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on September 19. “Nonresidential...
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September 26, 2025
Seasonally adjusted construction employment fell from July to August in 29 states, rose in 19 states, and was flat Nebraska, Vermont, and the District of Columbia, according to...
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September 19, 2025