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Located in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area, The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is the leading association for the construction industry. Operating in partnership with its nationwide network of Chapters, AGC provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest.

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SOARING PRICES AND DELIVERY DELAYS FOR LUMBER, STEEL AND OTHER INPUTS SQUEEZE FINANCES FOR...

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Price increases—some to record-setting levels—and long delivery delays are causing hardships for construction firms that are also experiencing challenges in completing projects with crews limited
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT STALLS IN JANUARY WITH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 9.4 PERCENT AS NEW MEASURES...

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Construction employment stagnated in January, ending eight months of recovery from the pandemic-related losses of early 2020, according to an analysis by the Associated General
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 2020 IN MAJORITY OF METRO AREAS AS SHRINKING LIST OF...

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Construction employment decreased from December 2019 to December 2020 in more than half of the nation's metro areas despite a surge in homebuilding and remodeling, according
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DIVERGES IN DECEMBER WITH SLUMP IN PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL SECTOR, MIXED PUBLIC WORK,...

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Demand for Nonresidential Construction and Public Works Will Decline Amid Ongoing Pandemic Concerns, Worsening State
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Construction Sector Adds 51,000 Jobs In December, But Gains Are Likely Temporary As New...

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Few Construction Firms Expect the Industry to Recover to Pre-Pandemic Levels Anytime Soon, While Demand for Most Types of Projects is Likely to Fall amid Growing Project Delays
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BARELY ONE-THIRD OF METROS ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN LATEST 12 MONTHS AS DWINDLING LIST...

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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst Year-over-Year Losses, While Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. and Walla Walla, Wash. Register Largest
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NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING SHRINKS FURTHER IN NOVEMBER AS MANY COMMERCIAL PROJECTS LANGUISH, EVEN WHILE...

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Association Urges Quick Action on Infrastructure Funding and Protection from Meritless Lawsuits; Industry Survey Finds
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NEW CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY MEASURE WILL PROVIDE SOME NEEDED RELIEF FOR CONTRACTORS COPING WITH PROJECT...

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Measure's Modest Amount of Funding for Infrastructure Projects and Clarification that PPP Loans May Not be Taxed Will Help Offset Some of the Challenges Facing the Construction Industry
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT TRAILS PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS IN 35 STATES DESPITE GAINS IN INDUSTRY JOBS FROM...

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New York and Vermont Record Worst February-November Losses, While Virginia Has Largest Pickup; California, Nevada Have Worst One-Month Job Losses, While Texas and Delaware Post Biggest
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ONLY 30 PERCENT OF METRO AREAS ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN LATEST 12 MONTHS AS...

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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses, While Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Walla Walla, Wash. Lead in Construction Job
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NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING REMAINS FLAT IN OCTOBER WHILE RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION EXPANDS AS MANY COMMERCIAL...

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Demand For Most Types of Nonresidential Projects Remains Flat Amid COVID-Uncertainty, Dwindling State and Local Budgets and the Lack of New Federal Coronavirus Relief Measures, Putting Jobs at Risk
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CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION READY TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN TO PREPARE SIGNIFICANT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND...

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Incoming President and Congress Should Focus on Enacting Measures to Rebuild Infrastructure and Revive the Economy and Avoid Imposing Needless Regulatory Burdens that will Undermine
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CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 84,000 WORKERS IN OCTOBER, BUT GROWING NUMBER OF PROJECT CANCELLATIONS RISKS...

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Both Residential and Nonresidential Contractors Added Jobs in October, but Total Construction Employment Remains 3.9 Percent Below February Peak as Pandemic Continues to Depress Demand
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MORE CONTRACTORS REPORT CANCELED PROJECTS THAN STARTS, SURVEY FINDS; CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN MOST...

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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses,
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Officials to Release New Data Showing the Ongoing Impacts of the Coronavirus on the...

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 the Associated General Contractors of America will release new data showing the ongoing impacts of the coronavirus on the construction sector and its impacts on metro area construction employment.
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ONLY EIGHT STATES TOP FEBRUARY PEAK IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DESPITE GAINS IN 32 STATES...

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California and Vermont Post Worst Losses since February as Virginia and South Dakota Add the Most; Illinois and Iowa Have Worst One-Month Job Losses, While New York and Vermont Post
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CONSTRUCTION OFFICIALS CALL ON TRUMP AND BIDEN TO ESTABLISH A NATIONWIDE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN...

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Officials Say Nationwide Plan Should Set Clear Distribution Priorities, Warn that Delegating Responsibility for Distributing Coronavirus Vaccine to State & Local Officials will Lead
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CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 26,000 WORKERS IN SEPTEMBER BUT NONRESIDENTIAL JOBS STALL AS MANY COMMERCIAL...

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Pandemic Prompts Strong Demand for Housing, But Undermines Demand for Most Types of Nonresidential Projects as Retail and Office Suffer and State and Local Governments Cut Construction
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES 1.4 PERCENT IN AUGUST AS RESIDENTIAL BOOM OUTWEIGHS PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL DECLINE...

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Construction spending increased by 1.4 percent in August as strong gains in residential construction outweighed decreases in most private nonresidential segments and many public categories
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Modular Building Institute to Join the ConsensusDocs Coalition and Release the First Industry Standard...

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The ConsensusDocs Coalition, as it marks its 13-year milestone, is announcing the addition of Modular Building Institute (MBI) to the Coalition, a unique group of now 41 associations

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