Associated Builders and Contractors reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell sharply to 7.7 months in August, according to an ABC member survey conducted Aug. 19 to...
Signals and Signposts
The current and future economy, trends in design and construction, political influence – sometimes we have something to say about topics which may be signs of things to come.
August employment lags February 2020 in 39 states; year-to-date nonresidential starts trail 2020
Materials costs outrun bid prices for the year despite drop in August; job openings set record for July.
Contractors struggle to find workers despite a 5-month fall in employment, Autodesk-AGC survey finds.
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...
The coronavirus pandemic infused unprecedented levels of uncertainty into our economy. These changes are going to affect each organization differently, but one thing is...
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,...
The cost of ocean freight from Asia to the US West Coast has skyrocketed over 500% in the last year, greatly contributing to recent increases in the costs of many materials and...
Input PPIs soar in year ending in July; steel prices, lead times rise again, while lumber plunges.
