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07/04/2013 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 9.8 PERCENT, LOWEST JUNE LEVEL SINCE 2008 AS ALL INDUSTRY SEGMENTS ADDS JOBS AND HOURS FOR THE MONTH AND YEAR
06/30/2013 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING LEVEL CLIMBS MODESTLY IN MAY AS HOT RESIDENTIAL MARKET AND PUBLIC SPENDING RISE OVERCOME NONRESIDENTIAL SLIDE
06/27/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 185 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY 2012 & 2013 AS PACE OF JOB GROWTH GROWS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
06/20/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASED IN 27 STATES BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY AS SECTOR ADDS JOBS IN 32 STATES FOR THE YEAR, DRIVEN IN PART BY OIL & GAS ACTIVITY
06/06/2013 CONSTRUCTION UNEMPLOYMENT DROPS TO 10.8 PERCENT, LOWEST MAY MARK IN FIVE YEARS AS INDUSTRY ADDS JOBS AND HOURS FOR THE MONTH AND YEAR-OVER-YEAR
06/02/2013 CONSTRUCTION SPENDING LEVEL EDGES HIGHER IN APRIL AS SOARING RESIDENTIAL OUTLAYS AND MIXED PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY OFFSET PUBLIC DECLINE
05/28/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 170 OUT OF 339 METRO AREAS BETWEEN APRIL 2012 & 2013 AS PRIVATE SECTOR DEMAND CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE
05/16/2013 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 32 STATES AND D.C. BETWEEN MARCH AND APRIL EVEN AS INDUSTRY ADDS JOBS IN 29 STATES OVER PAST YEAR
05/15/2013 LOCAL NONPROFIT ANGEL VIEW DEDICATES NEW OUTDOOR, WHEEL-CHAIR ACCESSIBLE THERAPY AREA BUILT BY NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CHARITY GROUP
05/14/2013 CONSTRUCTION FATALITY RATE DECLINING FASTER IN TEXAS THAN MOST OTHER STATES ACCORDING TO NEW ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL SAFETY DATA