Construction Workforce Construction Jobless Rate Weakens in November Industry officials trace results to continued worker shortage Tom Ichniowski December 6, 2019 No Comments Industry added only 1,000 jobs for the month but workforce still is up by 2%, year over year.Read More
Construction Safety Nonfatal Construction Injuries Edge Up but Injury Rate Declines Tom Ichniowski November 7, 2019 One Comment Injuries rose less than 1% in 2018 to 199,100; rate per 100 workers dipped to 3.0 from 3.1.Read More
Construction Workforce Construction Oct. Jobless Rate Falters Despite Gain of 10,000 Jobs November 1, 2019 No Comments Industry's unemployment rate increased to 4.0% from September's 3.2% and October 2018's 3.6%.Read More
Construction Workforce Construction Sept. Jobless Rate Falls, Matching Industry's 10-Year Low Tom Ichniowski October 4, 2019 No Comments Industry's jobless rate dips to 3.2% in September from August's 3.6% and year-earlier 4.1%, BLS says.Read More
Environment Trump Administration Rolls Back 2015 Clean Water Rule Action repeals Obama-era WOTUS regs that determined Clean Water Act permitting requirements Pam Hunter McFarland Pam Radtke Russell September 12, 2019 One Comment Industry, business and agricultural groups cheered the announcement, but Earthjustice President Abigail Dillen called the repeal of the 2015 rule “shameful and dangerous. No one is above the law, including the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers.Read More
Construction Workforce Construction Adds 14,000 Jobs in Aug., Jobless Rate Trends Mixed Tom Ichniowski September 6, 2019 No Comments Industry's August unemployment rate slipped to 3.6% from July's 3.8% but rose from year-earlier 3.4%.Read More
Construction Workforce More Than 300,000 Comments Pour In on DOL's Proposed Apprenticeship Rule Tom Ichniowski August 30, 2019 One Comment Building trades back, and ABC opposes, construction exemption from proposed new apprenticeship program.Read More
Construction Workforce Construction Job Gains Rose in June, Jobless Rate Picture Mixed Tom Ichniowski July 5, 2019 No Comments Construction added 21,000 jobs in June, up from gain of 5,000 the previous month.Read More
Construction Workforce Construction Shows Strong Jobs Numbers for March Jobless rate falls to 5.2% from February's 6.2% and year-earlier 7.4% Tom Ichniowski April 5, 2019 No Comments Industry recoups nearly two-thirds of the 25,000 jobs it lost in February, Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.Read More
ABC Convention Rolls into Long Beach, CA Greg Aragon March 28, 2019 No Comments The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) annual convention is wrapping up at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif. this week.Read More