Construction unemployment fell in 48 states in January from a year prior, and Wisconsin is no exception, according to a review of employment data by the Associated Builders and Contractors of America.

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Construction materials prices fell in November after marching upward for much of 2018, signaling a reprieve in rapid price increases in the months to come, according to an analysis by a trade group.

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Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering for Kaukauna-based Keller Inc., has been elected as secretary of the Associated Builders and Contractors National Executive Committee.

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A record 400 new contracted apprentices enrolled in Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin’s apprenticeship program this fall, bringing the program’s total number of active participants to 1,454 across 12 construction trades.

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Construction unemployment fell in Wisconsin and every other state in the country in July for the second time this year, according to a trade group’s analysis, showing that the industry remains in the grips of a labor shortage.

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A resource fair in Racine on Thursday marked the beginning of a hiring blitz to enlist construction workers for the $10 billion plant Foxconn Technology Group plans to build in southeast Wisconsin.

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Business Digest for Feb. 26, 2018

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Now that federal officials are beginning to enforce new silica-exposure standards, representatives of the construction industry say most contractors benefited from the extra three months they were given to prepare.

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Remember the infamous scene in the movie “Jaws” when Roy Scheider’s character, Martin Brody, catches his first glimpse of the size of the great white shark? He shockingly utters one of the film’s best lines to the grizzled captain played by Robert Shaw: “You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

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Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development would no longer be able to require more than one journeyworker supervise an apprentice as part of a state-approved training program, according to a new bill being considered by state lawmakers.

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