CONSTRUCTION SPENDING SINKS TO 10-YEAR LOW IN JULY AS INVESTMENTS IN PROJECTS ARE NOW 34 PERCENT BELOW FEBRUARY 2006 PEAK Private Sector Caution, Plus Local and State Budget Cuts, Overwhelm Benefits of Stimulus, Construction Trade Association Notes in New Analysis of Spending Data Released by Federal Officials Today Total construction spending declined to a 10-year [...]
CONSTRUCTION JOBS DROP IN 276 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JULY 2009 & 2010 AS "SUMMER OF RECOVERY" MEETS YEAR OF LOW DEMAND Chicago and Flagstaff, Arizona Lose Most Jobs, While Prince Georges-Calvert-Charles Counties, MD and Eau Claire, Wisconsin Top List of Metro Areas Adding Jobs for the Year Construction employment declined in 276 [...]
CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD ABANDONS ORIGINAL ESTIMATES OF OFF-ROAD DIESEL EMISSIONS, CONCEDING OFF-ROAD RULE NOT NEEDED TO MEET EMISSIONS GOALS Board Now Predicts that Off-Road Diesel Emissions Will be Lower than State’s Goals for Years to Come, Contractors Urge Immediate Repeal of Unneeded Rule The California Air Resources Board abandoned its original estimates of off-road [...]
Freeport Contractor Recognized for Achievements AGC Maine Presents Major Achievement in Construction Award August 7, 2010 Rockport, Maine-Associated General Contractors of Maine (AGC Maine) presented the Major Achievement in Construction award to Eldon Morrison of CPM Contractors. Eldon is the founder of CPM Contractors located in Freeport, Maine. AGC Maine selects an individual each year [...]
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT FALLS TO 14-YEAR LOW IN JUNE; INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TOPS 20 PERCENT July 2, 2010 Seasonally adjusted construction industry employment slipped in June to the lowest total since July 1996 while the industry's unemployment rate remained at 20.1 percent, more than double the average for all workers, according to analysis of new federal [...]