California ranks near middle as it gains 600 construction jobs in August: AGC
California ranked near the middle of the nation in construction employment changes in August. Employment grew by 0.1% or just 600 jobs, ranking the...
Monthly construction input prices inch lower in August, but are still elevated year over...
Construction input prices declined 0.6% in August compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of U.S. Bureau...
Nonresidential construction loses 20,300 jobs in August, says ABC
The construction industry lost 3,000 jobs on net in August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data released on Sept....
No new earmarked federal infrastructure funds for California bullet train, but still possibly billions...
California's high speed rail initiative doesn't see any specific mention or financial carve-outs in the approximately $1 billion bipartisan federal infrastructure funding initiative, but...
California gains 1,100 jobs in July, still down 3.8% since start of pandemic
California saw a .1% increase in construction jobs, 1,100, from June to July, but this small gain wasn't enough to offset the overall 35,100...
Senate passes $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, but there are still hurdles ahead
California Construction News staff writer
With bipartisan support, and over the objections of former President Donald Trump, the US Senate has passed a long-awaited and...
Materials price increases, supply challenges challenge construction industry: AGC
Extreme price increases continued in July for a wide range of goods and services used in construction, according to an analysis by the Associated...
ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator flat in July; contractor confidence falls
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 8.5 months in July, according to an ABC member survey...
California’s construction employment overall declines 1% during pandemic, but there are regional differences
California's construction employment levels have, overall, declined only slightly during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are great differences in some market areas, Associated General...
Total construction starts slip in June: Dodge
Total construction starts lost 7% in June, slipping to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $863.6 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. All three...