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Almost 700 people were in attendance, as the Women Builders Council (WBC) honored Bomi Kim, Senior Vice President and Director of the New York City Economic Development Corporation’s (NYCED) Opportunity MWDBE program. 

If you are curious about how the stucco market is doing, look no further than the SMA’s second report on the size of the stucco market. 

Construction employment increased by 4,000 jobs in May and by 215,000, or 3.0 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction experience fell to a record low.

Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in April and by 256,000 or 3.5 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction fell to a record low for April.

Construction employment grew in 218, or 61 percent, out of 358 metro areas between March 2018 and March 2019, declined in 83 (23 percent) and was unchanged in 57. 

AD, the contractor and industrial products wholesale buying/marketing group, reported a 7 percent increase in member sales, across 12 AD divisions, totaling $10.2 Billion. 

Construction spending increased by 1.0 percent from January to February, while construction employment increased compared to February 2018 levels in 275 out of 358 metro areas

FMI released their First Quarter 2019 North American Construction Outlook which features comprehensive construction forecasts for the U.S. and Canada as well as information on key market drivers.

Workers are so scarce that, in many parts of the country, low-skill jobs are being handed out to pretty much anyone willing to take them and high-skilled workers are in even shorter supply.