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ABC Supports Bipartisan Bill To Avoid Default, Limit Government Spending and Reform the Permitting Process

by Grace Austin

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WASHINGTON, May 30—ABC issued the following statement today in support of the recently announced bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.

ABC Applauds Supreme Court’s Ruling That Narrows Scope of WOTUS

25May

by Grace Austin

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WASHINGTON, May 25—Associated Builders and Contractors issued the following statement from Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs Ben Brubeck on the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 25 ruling narrowing the scope of “waters of the United States” in the Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency case.

ABC’s Sizemore Reappointed To Serve on OSHA Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health

25May

by Grace Austin

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WASHINGTON, May 25—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced that Greg Sizemore, ABC vice president of health, safety, environment and workforce development, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Labor to a third term as a representative for U.S. construction employers on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.

ABC Construction Backlog Indicator Rebounds in April Due to Infrastructure Category Strength

16May

by Erika Walter

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ABC Construction Backlog Indicator Rebounds in April Due to Infrastructure Category Strength

Construction Input Prices Down Year Over Year for Second Straight Month, Says ABC

11May

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, May 11—Construction input prices increased 0.2% in April compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices rose 0.4% for the month.

Construction Adds 15,000 Jobs in April, Says ABC

05May

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, May 5—The construction industry added 15,000 jobs on net in April, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment expanded by 205,000 jobs, an increase of 2.7%.

ABC: Government-Registered Apprenticeship System Alone Won’t Solve Construction Labor Shortage

03May

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, May 3—It would take 12 years for federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs to educate the more than half a million workers the construction industry needs to hire in 2023, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of recently released U.S. Department of Labor data. ABC estimates that the construction industry’s federal and state government-registered apprenticeship system yielded just 45,000 completers of four-to-five-year apprenticeship programs in 2022.

ABC: Construction Unemployment Is Down in 32 States From a Year Ago

03May

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, May 3—The not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate dropped 0.4% in March 2023 from a year ago, down from 6% to 5.6%, according to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. Thirty-two states had lower unemployment rates over the same period, five were unchanged and 13 states were higher.

ABC: Construction Job Openings Down By 63,000 in March

02May

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, May 2—The construction industry had 341,000 job openings in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is actively recruiting. Industry job openings decreased by 63,000 last month and are down by 72,000 from the same time last year.

Nonresidential Construction Spending Increases By 0.7% in March, Says ABC

01May

by Erika Walter

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WASHINGTON, May 1—National nonresidential construction spending increased by 0.7% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $997.1 billion for the month.