Fundamental changes in the U.S. construction labor market have occurred affecting costs, availability, capabilities and ...

WASHINGTON, DC — 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 March 11 in the US Bureau ...

The construction industry had just 276,000 job openings on the last day of November 2024, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ ...

Chris Coleman is partner-in-charge of St. Louis-based accounting firm RubinBrown’s Construction Services Group. Opinions are the author’s own. In an already tight construction labor market, raids by U ...

Deportations and inflation are worsening a labor shortage that was already running rampant through the construction industry, hindering projects and adding to an already significant affordable housing ...

In the post-COVID world of construction, industry analysts and participants have focused considerable attention on material price escalation concerns and impacts caused by raw material shortages, ...

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Data centers and other megaprojects continue to absorb electricians and mechanical trades even as ABC projects lower overall construction hiring needs for 2026. January 15, 2026 The construction ...

Kevin Zaldaña Ramirez started that day like any other, framing houses at a construction site outside Houston. But when the 20-year-old returned from a lunch break, everything changed. A local law ...