Construction spending inched up slowly from February to March as supply shortages and rising materials prices continued to weigh on the industry.

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A national survey of contractors has found those who use lean construction methods on their projects are more likely to complete their jobs on time and under budget and achieve other goals such as having safe jobsites and producing high ...

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Materials prices have continued to rise into the new year for contractors both in Milwaukee and nationally following a year of steep increases.

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The Associated General Contractors of America, along with two other construction groups, filed a legal challenge Monday to the Biden Administration's workplace vaccine requirement.

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The Associated General Contractors has recognized Chicago-based Pepper Construction as the most innovative contractor in the U.S. for developing a virtual-reality program for safety training.

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The Associated General Contractors of America is calling on project owners and contractors to design buildings with environmental protection in mind and take other steps to combat climate change.

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The cost of materials and services typically used in construction jumped 4,3% in May alone and by nearly 25% between that month and May 2020, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.

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Speaking on Wednesday at a Daily Reporter Builder Breakfast webinar on “The future of the construction supply chain,” AGC of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson readily acknowledged that the main culprit in all of the supply chain pressure has been COVID-19. But there's more to it than that.

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More than a year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry is faced with unprecedented supply chain disruptions even as the economy at large shows signs of climbing back to where it was before the coronavirus.

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A coalition of industry groups has started a campaign to encourage construction workers to get vaccinated as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to roar back in many parts of the country.

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