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- WASHINGTON, May 9—Construction Executive, Associated Builders and Contractors’ award-winning magazine, today announced the details of its annual photo contest. Open to all photographers—individuals and firms, amateurs and professionals alike—the contest […]
- WASHINGTON, May 3—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement criticizing President Joe Biden’s veto of H.J. Res 98, the Joint Employer Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval, which […]
- WASHINGTON, May 3—The construction industry added 9,000 jobs on net in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
- WASHINGTON, May 2—The March 2024 not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate was 5.4%, down 0.2% from the previous year, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
- WASHINGTON, May 1—National nonresidential construction spending increased 0.2% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally […]
- WASHINGTON, May 1—The construction industry had 274,000 job openings on the last day of March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of […]
- WASHINGTON, April 30—Associated Builders and Contractors Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs Ben Brubeck today issued the following statement on the National Environmental Policy Act final rule: “These unnecessarily […]
- WASHINGTON, April 30—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the findings from its 2024 Safety Performance Report, an annual guide to construction jobsite health and safety best practices. The report is […]
- WASHINGTON, April 23—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement opposing the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule that will change overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. […]
- WASHINGTON, April 23—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement opposing the Federal Trade Commission’s final rule to ban noncompete clauses. The FTC voted 3-2 to issue the final rule today. “The […]
- WASHINGTON, April 16—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 8.2 months in March from 8.1 months in February, according to an ABC member survey […]
- WASHINGTON, April 11—Construction input prices increased 0.4% in March compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer […]
- WASHINGTON, April 5—The construction industry added 39,000 jobs on net in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]
- WASHINGTON, April 2—The construction industry had 441,000 job openings on the last day of February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of […]
- WASHINGTON, April 1—National nonresidential construction spending declined 1.0% in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally […]
- WASHINGTON, March 29—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement opposing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process final rule, which allows employees to choose a third-party representative, […]