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Input prices for new nonresidential construction rose 0.4% in November, not seasonally adjusted, and 3.6% year-over-year (y/y), according to producer price index (PPI) data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) posted on Wednesday. The y/y change was the largest since January 2023. [node:read-more:link]
Contractors are generally much less optimistic about the outlook for nonresidential and multifamily construction in 2026 than a year ago, apart from data centers and power projects, based on the 2026 AGC/Sage Construction Hiring and Business Outlook Survey, which AGC released on Thursday. [node:read-more:link]
Total construction starts plunged 20.5% from October to November at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on December 22, erasing a similar percentage gain initially reported for October. [node:read-more:link]
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,332,000 in in November, an increase of 28,000 from October, according to AGC’s analysis of data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) posted on Tuesday. [node:read-more:link]
Contractors are invited to complete the AGC/Sage 2026 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook [node:read-more:link]
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,305,000 in September, an increase of 19,000 from the downwardly revised August total and up 38,000 (0.5%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis of data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) [node:read-more:link]
For the second month in a row, the shutdown of federal agencies has prevented the release of construction spending and employment data this week. ADP provides a partial substitute for employment data based on analysis of over 26 million employees for whom it processes payrolls. [node:read-more:link]
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Total construction starts rose 3.1% from August to September at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Dodge Construction Network reported on Monday. [node:read-more:link]
“The first year of new settlements [wages, health and welfare, retirement, apprentice, and other employer payments] reached from January through September of 2025…for union craft workers in the construction industry had an average [mean] increase of 4.7%,” the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) reported on Tuesd [node:read-more:link]
