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Three years ago, the construction industry was the last thing on Chunjie Duan’s mind.

Booming construction markets are cutting the industry’s unemployment rate and expanding companies’ worker head counts, says AGC survey.

Industry's rate declines to 7.5% from December 2014's 8.3% but is up from November's 6.2%.

Unemployment rate drops to 6.2% from year-earlier 7.5% as all sectors gained jobs.

India-based Essar Steel’s plan to build an iron-ore crusher and pellet mill on Minnesota’s Iron Range has become an epic construction struggle, with non-payment to contractors, past-due loans and another total work stoppage, says Barry Davies, business representative, International Association of Ironworkers Local 612, Minneapolis.