News & Updates

WASHINGTON, April 15—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rose to 8.5 months in March, according to an ABC member survey conducted March 20 to April […]

WASHINGTON, April 11—Construction input prices increased 0.5% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential […]

WASHINGTON, April 10—Associated Builders and Contractors today voiced its strong opposition to North America’s Building Trades Unions’ filing of a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration, seeking to reinstate project […]

WASHINGTON, April 4—The construction industry added 13,000 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 1—The construction industry had 264,000 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 increased 0.3% 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 25—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced it is the first building and construction association in the United States to achieve certification as a recovery-friendly workplace from the Global Recovery […]

WASHINGTON, March 17—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement applauding President Donald Trump’s recent executive order rescinding harmful Biden administration executive actions that needlessly increased costs, restricted competition, […]

WASHINGTON, March 17—At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs, or GRAPs, are still failing to meet the construction industry’s short- and long-term skilled workforce […]

WASHINGTON, March 14—Associated Builders and Contractors today voiced its strong support for the Fair and Open Competition Act (S.1064/H.R. 2126), reintroduced today in the 119th Congress by Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., […]

WASHINGTON, March 13—Construction input prices increased 0.6% in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction […]

WASHINGTON, March 12—Associated Builders and Contractors today released an analysis of 2024 state union membership data published by unionstats.com, which found that in 41 states at least 80% of workers […]

WASHINGTON, March 12—Associated Builders and Contractors issued a statement from its Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs, Ben Brubeck, on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin’s announcement […]

WASHINGTON, March 11—The construction industry had 236,000 job openings on the last day of January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today in the U.S. […]

WASHINGTON, March 11—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.3 months in February, according to an ABC member survey conducted Feb. 20 to March 5. […]

WASHINGTON, March 7—The construction industry added 19,000 jobs on net in February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]