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Posted by Tom Jackson on Mar 26, 2013

In this era of partisan news both sides will spin any facts any way to make their side look better. ...

Big construction employment gains indicate rising...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 11, 2013

On Friday the latest round of figures from the U.S. Labor Department showed that the construction industry enjoyed its highest monthly ...

Construction’s 48k jobs in February is...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Mar 08, 2013

The construction industry continued its streak of monthly job growth, adding 48,000 jobs in February, the highest monthly gain in ...

Construction employment increases in 139 out of 337...

Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Jan 29, 2013

Construction employment increased in 139 out of 337 metropolitan areas, declined in 131 and was stagnant in 65 between December ...

Construction employment increases in 33 states &...

Posted by Amanda Bayhi on Jan 21, 2013

Construction employment increased in 33 states between November and December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of ...

Labor shortage: skilled workers walk away, students say...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 29, 2012

With housing construction at its highest rate in four years, construction spending up 14 percent since the market bottom in ...

FMI: Construction-put-in-place, employment on the rise

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 29, 2012

FMI has released its Third Quarter 2012 Engineering and Technical Professional Services Industry Update, anticipating construction put in place to ...

Year-to-year construction employment falls in 28 states...

Posted by Wayne Grayson on Nov 26, 2012

Despite recent gains in residential construction and 31 states adding jobs in the past month, construction employment declined in 28 ...

Year-over-year construction employment declines in 28...

Posted by Equipment World Staff on Oct 19, 2012

Construction employment declined in 28 states from September 2011 to September 2012, despite 30 states adding jobs during the past ...

How will you retain employees after the recession?

Posted by Amy Materson on Sep 11, 2012

With an unemployment rate currently hovering near 12 percent, small- and mid-size construction company owners probably haven’t worried much about ...

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 ...

Improving housing markets increase by one in March

Posted by Marcia Gruver Doyle on Mar 15, 2012

The tally of housing markets showing measurable improvement reached 99 in March, according to the National Association of Home Builders/First ...

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