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05/01/2018 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DROPS TO $1.285 TRILLION IN MARCH FROM FEBRUARY AS PRIVATE-SECTOR DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION FALLS AMID TARIFF AND TRADE FEARS
04/20/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 38 STATES AND D.C. FROM MARCH 2017 TO MARCH 2018 WHILE 29 STATES ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR THE MONTH
04/10/2018 CONSTRUCTION COSTS CLIMB IN MARCH AS WIDE RANGE OF INPUT COSTS JUMP; TARIFF THREATS MAY DELAY PROJECTS AND MAKE SOME UNAFFORDABLE
04/06/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 228,000 JOBS OVER THE YEAR DESPITE DIP IN MARCH; INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 7.4 PERCENT IS LOWEST EVER FOR THE MONTH
04/05/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 257 METRO AREAS BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2017 & 2018 AS CONSTRUCTION FIRMS CONTINUE TO EXPAND AMID STRONG DEMAND
04/02/2018 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING IN FEBRUARY INCHES UP FROM JANUARY, GAINS 3 PERCENT FROM A YEAR AGO AS PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION OUTWEIGHS DROP IN PUBLIC PROJECTS
03/27/2018 ROSENDIN ELECTRIC, INC. OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA NAMED NATION’S SAFEST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN 2017 BY NATIONAL CONTRACTORS GROUP
03/23/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 35 STATES AND D.C. FROM FEBRUARY 2017 TO FEBRUARY 2018; INDUSTRY ADDS JOBS IN 38 STATES SINCE JANUARY
03/16/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 248 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JANUARY 2017 & 2018 AS NEW METALS TARIFFS THREATEN FUTURE SECTOR JOB GAINS
03/12/2018 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT RISES IN 35 STATES AND D.C. FROM JANUARY 2017 TO JANUARY 2018; JOBS INCREASE IN 31 STATES AND D.C. SINCE DECEMBER