News & Updates

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator rebounded to 8.5 months in August, according to an ABC member survey conducted Aug. 20 to Sept. 4. […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10—Construction input prices increased 1.2% in August compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following statement from its vice president of government affairs, Kristen Swearingen, on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s release of a proposed supplemental […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—The construction industry added 22,000 jobs on net in August, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2—Associated Builders and Contractors today celebrated the release of Multiskilling in the U.S. Construction Industry, the largest national dataset documenting the relationship between multiskilling labor strategies and performance […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—The construction industry had 326,000 job openings on the last day of July, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of […]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—National nonresidential construction spending increased 0.1% in July, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced that Tiffany Robinson has joined the association as its vice president of workforce and safety policy. Robinson brings deep experience in executive […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor informing a federal court that it has determined not to engage in […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19—Nonunion apprenticeship programs and participants were responsible for the vast majority of growth in construction registered apprenticeship programs, or RAPs, over the past five years, according to an […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17—Associated Builders and Contractors today released the findings of its Drone Usage report, a survey ABC conducted of its contractor members in May 2026. Notably, 36.1% of ABC […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13—Overall construction and nonresidential input prices both increased 0.1% in July compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11—Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.0 months in July, according to an ABC member survey conducted July 20 to Aug. […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—Associated Builders and Contractors today commended the U.S. Senate for confirming James Macy and David Prouty to serve on the National Labor Relations Board by a vote of 51-47, […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—The construction industry added 22,000 jobs on net in July, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—The construction industry recorded 305,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of […]