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Construction employment grew in 275, or 76 percent, out of 358 metro areas between January 2018 and January 2019, declined in 39 (11 percent) and was unchanged in 44, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the...

Ames Taping Tools, leading provider of automatic taping and finishing tools, supplies and training to the professional drywall industry, has opened its newest location in Tampa, Fla...

Housing starts plummeted 11% at a seasonally adjusted annual rate from November (1,214,000 units) to December (1,078,000 units), the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. The "drop in overall starts marked the third decline in the past four...

Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019 but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to survey results released today by the Associated...

Finland-based international European rental company Cramo is aiming to spur the digitalization of construction sites in partnership with the Finnish start-up Bliot. The solution provided by the two companies combines the construction production...

Pointing to massive increases in infrastructure spending, coupled with a growing backlog of construction jobs that is driving industry employment, the Marcum Commercial Construction Index for the third quarter declared 2018 to be a good year...