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01/28/2014 CONGRESS SHOULD HEED PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR SWIFT ACTION ON LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION AND WATER RESOURCES BILLS
01/27/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 34 STATES FROM A YEAR AGO BUT DECLINED IN 32 STATES AND D.C. FROM NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER AMID COLD WEATHER
01/20/2014 CONSTRUCTION FIRMS EXPECT GROWING DEMAND IN 2014 AS CONTRACTORS PLAN TO START HIRING AND ADD NEW EQUIPMENT, BUT WORRY ABOUT WORKER SHORTAGES
01/09/2014 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED BY 16,000 JOBS AMID COLD WINTER WEATHER IN DECEMBER AS SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 11.4 PERCENT
01/01/2014 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCREASED BY 5.9 PERCENT BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2012 AND 2013 AMID GROWING PRIVATE SECTOR DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION
12/30/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 211 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2012 & 2013 BUT ONLY 19 METRO AREAS PASSED PRIOR EMPLOYMENT PEAKS
12/19/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 39 STATES FROM A YEAR AGO AND IN 30 STATES FROM OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER BUT DIVERGENT TRENDS HIGHLIGHT FRAGILITY
12/05/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 17,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER AS SECTOR'S EMPLOYMENT HITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE AUGUST 2009; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 8.6 PERCENT
12/01/2013 RARE SPIKE IN PUBLIC OUTLAYS SENDS CONSTRUCTION SPENDING TO FOUR-YEAR PEAK IN OCTOBER DESPITE DECLINES IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL MARKETS
11/26/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 215 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2012 & 2013 BUT ONLY 21 AREAS TOPPED PREVIOUS HIGHS FOR THE MONTH