CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inflation has eased across the Americas, causing construction cost increases to drop below their 5- and 10-year averages, but the sector still faces uncertainties due to new ...

Construction’s chronic labor shortage faces a hit from President Trump’s immigration crackdown, with pain rippling from small builders to big firms. President Trump’s fortune rose from building glitzy ...

The National Labor Relations Board’s new final rule for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act would find joint-employer status if one employer possesses the ...

Contractors saw backlogs on projects in 2025, with some expecting a continued trend in 2026 due to difficulty finding qualified workers.

WASHINGTON, DC — The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 501,000 additional workers on top of the normal pace of hiring in 2024 to meet the demand for labor, according to a ...

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Even with recent and growing public support for critically necessary affordable housing in California, developers are finding it difficult to make these projects pencil. They are forced to contend ...

Deportations and inflation are worsening a labor shortage that was already running rampant through the construction industry, hindering projects and adding to an already significant affordable housing ...

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CEO Jack Kocsis Jr. has been with Associated Construction Contractors of New Jersey for nearly four decades. As he describes it, labor relations is at the core of the group’s mission. “Be it education ...

The U.S. General Services Administration—a major federal government property, real estate and procurement manager—will allow its Public Buildings Service to have project labor agreements on agency-run ...

Boston’s construction industry has faced a shortage of labor even as development activity has slowed over the last two years. Now, with interest rates coming down and the state pouring billions into ...