Association officials noted that the job gains would likely have been larger and more widespread if firms weren’t dealing with the twin challenges of supply chain problems and labor shortages.

Today AGC, ARTBA. and SWACCA filed a petition for review of OSHA’s new COVID-19 vaccination mandate. 

Rising construction materials prices appear to be starting to drive up the price of construction projects, according to an analysis released by AGC. 

Instead of providing additional resources and support to encourage workers to do the right thing, the Biden administration’s new vaccine mandates will make the challenge of vaccinating more construction professionals harder, based on our initial analysis of the measure.

The construction industry gained 22,000 jobs between August and September as nonresidential construction firms added employees for the first time in six months.

The prices contractors pay for construction materials continued to increase in August while many firms report struggles to get those materials delivered on time.

AGC and Autodesk's survey results underscore how the coronavirus pandemic has created constraints on the demand for work even as it limits the number of workers available to hire.

The construction industry added 11,000 jobs between June and July but nonresidential construction employment remains far below pre-pandemic levels.

Demand for different types of construction continued to diverge in June as residential construction increased for the month and the year while nonresidential construction spending fell...again. 

The cost of goods and services used in construction climbed by a record-setting 4.3 percent in May and 24.3 percent over the past 12 months, jeopardizing contractors’ solvency and construction workers’ employment.