News & Updates

WASHINGTON, March 11—Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following statement from its vice president of government affairs, Kristen Swearingen, on the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration announcing four […]

WASHINGTON, March 10—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.1 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted Feb. 20 to March […]

WASHINGTON, March 6—The construction industry lost 11,000 jobs on net in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.6% in December, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27—Construction input prices increased 0.7% in January compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following statement from its vice president of government affairs, Kristen Swearingen, on the U.S. Department of Labor’s announcement of a proposed rule that will […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—Associated Builders and Contractors today released an analysis of state union membership data published by unionstats.com, which found that at least 90% of construction workers in 24 states […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—Associated Builders and Contractors today released the following statement from President and CEO Michael Bellaman in response to President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address: “ABC […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18—According to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2025 Union Members Summary released today, 11.1% of U.S. construction industry workers belong to a […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—The construction industry added 33,000 jobs on net in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.0 months in January, according to an ABC member survey conducted Jan. 20 to Feb. […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—Associated Builders and Contractors today released its 2026 Top Performers lists, recognizing its contractor members’ outstanding achievements in health and safety, quality and project excellence, ranked by number […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—The construction industry had 292,000 job openings on the last day of December, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of […]

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5—The national December 2025 not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rate was 5.0%, a 0.2% decrease from December 2024, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—Construction input prices decreased 0.6% in December compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—National nonresidential construction spending remained virtually unchanged on a monthly basis in October and was down 0.9% year over year, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis […]