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Total construction starts in current dollars (that is, not adjusted for inflation) slumped 9% in July at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network ...
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September 26, 2022
Contractors’ input costs declined again on balance in August, while bid prices rose, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data posted on Wednesday....
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September 20, 2022
The Dodge Momentum Index slipped 1% in August from a downwardly revised July reading but jumped 17% year-over-year, Dodge Construction Network reported on Thursday. The index “is...
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September 14, 2022
The search for workers has intensified from a year ago, according to results from the 2022 AGC of America- Autodesk Workforce Survey, which AGC posted on August 31...
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September 09, 2022
Seasonally adjusted construction employment in July surpassed the February 2020 level in 33 states, lagged in 15 states and the District of Columbia, and...
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August 25, 2022
Contractors’ input costs declined on balance in July, while bid prices accelerated, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data posted on Thursday. Specifically,...
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August 17, 2022
AGC posted a new edition of the Construction Inflation Alert, an 8-page document to help owners, public officials, and others understand what contractors are...
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July 25, 2022
Contractors’ input costs rose faster than their bid prices from May to June but bid prices rose faster over the past 12 months, according to Bureau of Labor...
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July 19, 2022
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 7,670,000 in June, an increase of 13,000 from May and 292,000 (4.0%) year-over-year (y/y) from June 2021, according to AGC’s...
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July 12, 2022
Construction spending (not adjusted for inflation) totaled $1.78 trillion in May at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, down 0.1% from the upwardly revised April total but up 9.7%...
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July 05, 2022