Tag: Associated General Contractors of America (AGC): Page 3

AGC swears in organization’s first female president

Kristine Young, the chief executive officer of Des Moines, Iowa-based Miller the Driller, became the first-ever woman to lead the U.S. construction industry as she was sworn in as president of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) on March 25 in Las Vegas. Young, CEO of Miller the Driller, will oversee the trade group’s […]

March 25, 2011

Construction employment down in December

Employment in construction declined by 16,000 during the month of December 2010 as the industry’s unemployment rate hit 20.7 percent, according to analysis of federal employment figures released Jan. 7 by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

January 10, 2011

AGC: Construction spending up, but industry still ‘fragile’

Construction spending increased by 0.4 percent in November, the third straight rise in the total, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) noted in an analysis of new Census Bureau data. Private residential and public construction each gained 0.7 percent compared with October’s totals, while private nonresidential construction edged down 0.1 percent. “It is heartening to see three increases in a row for the total,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist, in a written statement about the analysis. “But most categories showed more of a seesaw pattern over the past three months, indicating that construction spending remains fragile at best.”

January 10, 2011

Employment construction down 16K in December

Employment in construction declined by 16,000 during the month of December 2010 as the industry’s unemployment rate hit 20.7 percent, according to analysis of federal employment figures released Jan. 7 by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Even as the industry continues to suffer from weak private sector demand the benefits of the temporary […]

January 10, 2011

AGC: Construction spending up, but industry still ‘fragile’

Construction spending increased by 0.4 percent in November, the third straight rise in the total, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) noted in an analysis of new Census Bureau data. Private residential and public construction each gained 0.7 percent compared with October’s totals, while private nonresidential construction edged down 0.1 percent. “It is heartening […]

January 10, 2011

Transportation group TRIP names chairman of board

A Fargo, N.D., construction executive has been named chairman of the board of TRIP, a national, nonprofit transportation research group based in Washington, D.C. Paul W. Diederich, president of Fargo, N.D.-based Industrial Builders Inc., has been involved in the construction field since 1972 and a member of the TRIP board of Directors since 2001. Industrial […]

December 20, 2010

Stimulus funds boost construction spending

Construction spending rose to $869 billion between March and April this year thanks to stimulus funds, according to an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of the Census Bureau’s latest spending figures. Total construction spending rose by 2.7 percent, or $23 billion, over the month according to Census Bureau data released June 1, 2010. […]

June 16, 2010

Stimulus funds boost April’s construction spending numbers

Construction spending rose to $869 billion between March and April this year thanks to stimulus funds, according to an Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) analysis of the Census Bureau’s latest spending figures. Total construction spending rose by 2.7 percent, or $23 billion, over the month according to Census Bureau data released June 1, 2010. […]

June 15, 2010

U.S. construction industry adds 14,000 jobs

The nation’s construction industry added 14,000 jobs nationwide in April, according to the Labor Department, marking the first back-to-back monthly gains in that sector since 2006, the Los Angeles Times reports. In all, 29 states gained construction jobs that month, according to data released Friday by the Associated General Contractors of America, according to the […]

June 2, 2010

A road without stripes

A shortage of traffic striping paint has left road crews and transportation departments without the paint they need to separate northbound and southbound traffic, according to a report in the the New York Times. The Associated General Contractors of America warned state and federal transportation officials last week that the shortage has “very significant ramifications […]

May 24, 2010

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