Although a steady backlog of work is expected to keep commercial contractors busy in Milwaukee next year, the city’s tight labor market could continue to drive up costs even as an economic slowdown looms, according to a recent report.

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Another sluggish month for U.S. architecture billings is stoking fears of a slowdown in future design and construction activity, but local market watchers don’t expect the bottom to fall out anytime soon.

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A judge in Minneapolis has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the Minneapolis School District’s use of certain collective-bargaining pacts, known as “project labor agreements,” on school projects.

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Construction employment increased in nine of Wisconsin’s 12 metropolitan areas from June 2018 to June this year and held steady in the remaining three.

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Recently a spokesperson for Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce told the Wisconsin State Journal, “We don’t want to make it too comfortable to remain unemployed.”

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The construction industry had 8.7 months of in-the-works projects in April, a number down from 9.5 months in March, the Associated Builders and Contractors reported on Tuesday.

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Work piled up for construction companies in March amid a strong economy, according to an indicator of backlogged work from the trade group Associated Builders and Contractors of America.

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The backlog of construction projects now in the works decreased slightly in the fourth quarter of last year, a prominent trades group said on Tuesday.

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The average price of commonly used construction inputs fell by 0.7 percent from December to January but remained up by 1.6 percent for the year, according to an analysis of federal date released on Thursday.

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Construction materials prices fell by 1.7 percent in December from the previous month, a good sign for contractors worried that rising labor costs and higher input prices could erode their profits, according to a trade group's analysis.

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