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Construction materials prices slip slightly in June, up 1.5% annually

The average cost of materials used by the construction industry plus items consumed by contractors such as diesel fuel fell 0.1 percent in June, according to Associated General Contractors of America’s latest analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, compared to June of last year, construction materials prices were up 1.5 percent. […]

July 16, 2013

Construction industry lobbyists continue to fight for more guest worker visas as immigration bill moves to House

As the House of Representatives prepares to consider the immigration bill that recently passed the Senate, construction industry lobbyists are preparing for their final chance to increase the limit on guest worker visas offered to the industry. According to a report from the Washington Post, construction industry advocates say more than 200,000 new workers will […]

July 1, 2013

Utah leads U.S. in decline of construction deaths, D.C. tops list of injury declines

Construction deaths declined at a faster rate in Utah between 2008 and 2011 than in any other state, according to new rankings from the Association of General Contractors of America. Derived from an analysis of federal safety data, the AGC’s ranking compared the number of construction deaths for each state with available data and Washington, D.C. in […]

May 21, 2013

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Construction economists: spending on slow upward march, housing has long way to go

There are several pluses and minuses in today’s construction spending front, although the overall picture is trending upwards, agreed three construction economists participating in a Reed Construction Data forecast webinar today. “Construction is growing, but it is growing unevenly,” said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America. Simonson sees growth in […]

May 10, 2013

Let’s make construction work zones safer. It can be done.

A whole lot of highway contractors who work on our roads want to see tougher laws, fines and legal penalties for moving violations in work zones and more frequent safety training for workers on these jobs. This information comes from a survey that shows something we already know–highway construction site accidents kill. And it’s always […]

April 16, 2013

Construction materials prices flat in March as diesel price drop negates lumber and plywood increases

According to the latest Producer Price Index from Associated General Contractors of America, the prices for construction materials were flat in March. The AGC reports that although the prices of homebuilding materials including lumber and plywood, gypsum products, construction plastics, paint and roofing materials increased again in March, a plunge in diesel prices and declines in […]

April 15, 2013

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Construction materials prices increase 1.3 percent in February

The Associated General Contractors of America has released its Producer Price Index (PPI) report for February, which reveals that construction materials prices increased 1.3 percent between January and February and 2.0 percent from a year ago. The index for new office construction rose 1.0 percent in the past year; new school buildings rose 1.2 percent; […]

March 15, 2013

Construction companies, AGC lobby Congress to spare programs from sequester cuts

With an estimated $4 billion in federal construction projects in jeopardy due to the sequestration cuts that took effect March 1, construction companies have begun lobbying the government to spare their projects, the New York Times reports. The Associated General Contractors of America has flooded Congress with e-mails and letters protesting the cuts. The sequester […]

March 14, 2013

Construction spending up 7.1% annually as nine-month streak of increases is snapped

A nine-month string of increases in revised construction spending figures was snapped in January, falling 2.1 percent from December 2012 to a preliminary figure of $883.2 billion. Despite the dip, spending remains 7.1 percent higher than January 2012, according to seasonally-adjusted data released by the United States Census Bureau. Residential construction stalled from December to January, […]

March 1, 2013

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Construction employment increases in 139 out of 337 metro areas in December

Construction employment increased in 139 out of 337 metropolitan areas, declined in 131 and was stagnant in 65 between December 2011 and December 2012, according to the Associated General Contractors of America’s analysis of federal employment data. An increase in private sector demand — particularly in energy, health care, higher education and residential construction — […]

January 29, 2013

Construction employment increases in 33 states & D.C. in December

Construction employment increased in 33 states between November and December, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) of Labor Department data. Additionally, employment increased in half the nation last year. Association officials noted that contractors responding to a recent survey expect to add more workers in 2013. In 2012, 24 […]

January 21, 2013

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AGC forecast promises mixed outlook for 2013 U.S. construction

2013 should be a better year than 2012 for construction firms, but not necessarily a great one, said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, in a conference call detailing the results of the association’s forecast on construction hiring and business. There are bright spots in certain sectors, said CEO Stephen […]

January 14, 2013

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