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Construction job openings expected to increase as...

Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Dec 19, 2012

Construction employment in the United States will likely rebound soon due to the increasing number of projects set in place, ...

Merrill Lynch: “We are on the verge of construction...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Dec 13, 2012

Bill McBride has pulled in some optimistic comments from Michelle Meyer at Merrill Lynch. Meyer says 2012 will “go down ...

Illinois sewer upgrades to create 9,700 construction...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Oct 23, 2012

A recently launched $1 billion initiative to upgrade sewer lines, water mains and water treatment plants across Illinois will create ...

Atlanta debates whether new stadium will boost...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Oct 22, 2012

The Georgia Dome An interesting read from Sunday's Atlanta Journal Constitution details a debate going on in the city over ...

Where to make $100K a year

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jul 24, 2012

From high school to $15 million in ten years. With all the wenging and weeping about the job market, it's ...

From Australia: How to promote construction jobs

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jul 10, 2012

Letting commuters know how many people construction employs. I like this idea from South Australia : The real estate and construction ...

Construction jobs booming on Gulf Coast

Posted by Tom Jackson on Jul 03, 2012

Unemployment may be raging elsewhere, but the U.S. Gulf Coast is enjoying a resurgence of construction jobs. Yesterday, the European airplane ...

AGC: Construction employment ups, downs

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Mar 20, 2012

Construction employment declined in 111 out of 337 metropolitan areas between January 2011 and January 2012, increased in 169 and ...

On Record

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Oct 05, 2011

Surviving By Marcia Gruver Doyle It’s been a long dry spell. I recently did a state-of-the-industry presentation and apologized for saying many of ...

AGC: Aviation hold putting 24,000 construction jobs at...

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Jul 27, 2011

Associated General Contractors of America's chief economist says Congressional failure to pass federal aviation legislation is putting roughly 24,000 construction ...

Final Word

Posted by Brooke Wisdom on Mar 02, 2011

It’s the jobs, stupid By Kirk Landers One of those teaser heads on an Internet news site in January relayed the wisdom ...

New Amtrak route to create 650 construction jobs

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Dec 13, 2010

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has selected the proposed southern route for Amtrak's new Chicago-Rockford-Dubuque service from Chicago's Union ...