As Houston continues to grow, so does demand on the region’s healthcare and emergency response infrastructure. Nowhere is that pressure felt more acutely than at Ben Taub Hospital...
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.
Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.4% in November, not seasonally adjusted, and 3.6% year-over-year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the...
Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.2 months in December, according to an ABC member survey conducted Dec. 22 to...
Contractors are generally much less optimistic about the outlook for nonresidential and multifamily construction in 2026 than a year ago, apart from data centers and power...
Total construction starts plunged 20.5% from October to November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on December 22, erasing a...
The national September 2025 not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rate was 3.8%, a 0.1% increase from September 2024, according to a state-by-state analysis ...
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,332,000 in in November, an increase of 28,000 from October, according to AGC’s analysis of data the Bureau of...
The construction industry had 213,000 job openings on the last day of October, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
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...
