Construction employment increased by 16,000 jobs in August, but the gains were concentrated in housing, while the infrastructure and nonresidential building construction sector lost 11,000 jobs.

On a same-store basis, member sales across all AD’s divisions and countries were down 6% through the first six months of this year, to $21.6 billion, driven by a 13% decline in Q2. 

Construction employment increased by 10,000 jobs in October and by 148,000, or 2.0 percent, over the past 12 months, while construction spending decreased by 2.0 percent from September 2018 to September 2019, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. 

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The cost of many products used in construction climbed 7.4 percent over the past year due to double digit increases in commonly-used construction materials, 

AD, the contractor and industrial products wholesale buying/marketing group, reported a 13 percent increase in member sales, across 12 AD divisions

New labor department figures demonstrate how new tariffs have increased the costs of key construction materials, with metal materials experiencing double-digit percent increases.