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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A year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, contractors continue to deal with project delays and shutdowns, higher materials costs and supply-chain disruptions.

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The U.S. House of Representatives was planning on Tuesday to take up a bill that would ban states' right-to-work laws, among dozens of other changes to the country's labor laws.

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An Associated General Contractors of America survey released on Thursday suggests construction companies expect to see less work, stiffer competition and a stagnant labor market in 2021 as the industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

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More than half of Wisconsin metropolitan areas saw year-over-year gains in construction jobs in November, a month when barely a third of all U.S. metros recorded increases.

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A survey released Wednesday shows contractors are still struggling with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as many contend with project delays or cancellations.

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A draft bill being circulated in the state Legislature would shield Wisconsin employers from lawsuits if their workers catch COVID-19 on the job.

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A least two-thirds of highway construction companies in the U.S. saw at least one crash in work zones last year, according to a survey released Tuesday.

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A new survey from the Associated General Contractors of America suggests contractors in many parts of the country are bouncing back from the coronavirus pandemic, although long-term difficulties may be emerging.

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After sifting through more than 150 applications, officials at the Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee found they didn’t have to go far for their next chief executive. Mark Kessenich, who will take the reins at the AGC of Greater Milwaukee in June, has spent the past eight years at the workforce-group development group WRTP/Big Step, six of those as president. Recent months have also seen him leading Employ Milwaukee, another large organization with a goal of bringing more people into the workforce.

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