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11/09/2021 Continued Increases In Construction Materials Prices Starting To Drive Up Price Of Construction Projects, As Supply-chain & Labor Woes Continue
11/05/2021 Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Provide A Needed Boost To Construction Industry While Making The Economy More Efficient
11/05/2021 Construction Firms Add 44,000 Jobs In October Even As They Struggle With Supply Chain Challenges And Federal Inaction On Infrastructure Funding
11/05/2021 Construction Firms Add 44,000 Jobs In October Even As They Struggle With Supply Chain Challenges And Federal Inaction On Infrastructure Funding
11/04/2021 New Federal COVID Vaccine Rule Will Likely Prompt Construction Workers To Shift To Smaller Firms, Add To Sector’s Labor Challenges
11/03/2021 One-Fifth Of Metro Areas Lost Construction Jobs Between September 2020 And 2021, Hindered By Gridlock In Washington And The Supply Chain
11/01/2021 Construction Spending Slumps In September As Drop In Residential Work Projects Adds To Ongoing Downturn In Private And Public Nonresidential
10/28/2021 Progressives And Conservatives Chose Partisanship Over Progress In Decision To Delay Passage Of Much-needed Infrastructure Bill
10/22/2021 Only 14 States And D.C. Added Construction Jobs Since Pandemic Began As Supply Problems, Lack Of Infrastructure Bill Undermine Recovery
10/14/2021 Prices For Construction Materials Continue To Outstrip Bid Prices Over 12 Months, Despite Dip In September, Amid Increasing Supply-Chain Problems