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Posted by Wayne Grayson on Jun 04, 2014
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Minnesota construction firms likely need to boost pay,...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 27, 2014
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Colorado contractors say “huge shortage of...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 07, 2014
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Construction adds 32,000 jobs in April, unemployment...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 02, 2014
Showing signs of momentum after a slowdown from the harsh winter weather seen at the start of the year, the ...
Despite being among the only jobs that can’t be...
Posted by Tom Jackson on May 01, 2014
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about the need for more apprenticeships. Sure enough, it contained a misconception ...
Construction spending up 0.2% in March as homebuilding...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on May 01, 2014
U.S. construction spending was up slightly in March due mainly to increases in private residential construction, now at its highest ...
A year and a half after Sandy’s devastation, New...
Posted by Tina Grady Barbaccia on Apr 28, 2014
After Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast in October 2012, pummeling the New Jersey shore in particular, businesses ...
Obama prepares to send $302 billion highway bill to...
Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Apr 24, 2014
President Barack Obama is preparing to present his proposed $302 billion, four-year transportation reauthorization bill to Congress. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx ...
Home starts up 2.8% in March, builder confidence up...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 16, 2014
Home starts rose 2.8 percent in March due to an increase in single-family homes, signaling what many analysts hope to ...
Rise in unemployment snapped as construction industry...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 04, 2014
The U.S. construction industry added 19,000 jobs in March, the third straight month of gains and a welcome sign as ...
Homebuilding declines but construction spending up 0.1%...
Posted by Wayne Grayson on Apr 01, 2014
Construction spending in the U.S. ticked up 0.1 percent in February despite a decline in homebuilding, according to preliminary data ...
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