Tag: AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson

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AGC’s Simonson: 2014 holds more projects and tame materials prices but also continued worry over the labor shortage

More projects to bid, “tame” materials prices and an increased concern over the availability of labor and skilled workers are what contractors can expect in 2014, according to a recent blog post by one of the construction industry’s leading economists. Associated General Contractors of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson writes that in 2014 contractors will […]

January 8, 2014

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AGC: U.S. construction materials prices up 8.1 percent

The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials held steady in September in the United States but climbed 8.1 percent from the year-earlier level, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Meanwhile, the price contractors charge for new nonresidential building construction […]

November 8, 2011

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AGC: Construction employment up in 29 states

Construction employment expanded in 29 states between September and October, while fewer people are working in construction compared to last year in 39 states, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) reported in an analysis of state employment data released on Nov. 23 by the U.S. Labor Department. The new figures continue a nearly year-long […]

November 29, 2010