Input and bid prices for construction showed mixed monthly and y/y patterns in May, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) posted on Thursday. The...
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Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.3 months in May, according to an ABC member survey conducted May 20 to June 4...
Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 8,228,000 in May, a gain of 21,000 from April and 251,000 (3.8%) year-over-year (y/y), according to AGC’s analysis ...
Construction employment, not seasonally adjusted, rose year-over-year (y/y) from April 2023 to April 2024 in 218 (61%) of the 358 metro areas (including divisions of larger metros...
Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the 426 construction firms responding to the 2024 AGC/HCSS Work Zone Safety Survey reported that motor vehicles had crashed into their...
Seasonally adjusted construction employment rose year-over-year (y/y) from April 2023 to April 2024 in 39 states and declined in 11 states and the District of Columbia, according...
Construction input prices increased 0.5% in April compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
The Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) increased 6.1% in April from March and 12% year-over-year (y/y), Dodge Construction Network reported on Tuesday. “Over the month,...
The construction industry added 9,000 jobs on net in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
