North Carolina construction companies are having a harder time filling salaried field positions and hourly craft position than the nation, on average, according to a workforce survey by the Associated General Contractors of America. The AGC held a call with ...

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The number of unemployed construction workers nationwide in March was at its lowest point for that month since 2001, according to a report by the Associated General Contractors of America. Construction firms added 301,000 jobs over the last year, while ...

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The Associated General Contractors of America will hold a project-management course Jan. 24-29 at the Cooper Hotel, Conference Center & Spa in Dallas. The seminar will focuses on issues critical to the field, including planning, scheduling, subcontractor/vendor management, record keeping ...

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The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia region has bucked the national trend of diminishing construction employment over the last year, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. Construction employment increased in fewer than half of the nation’s metro areas over the last year, ...

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Construction employment in North Carolina increased by 6.4 percent between January 2014 and January 2015, and increased 1.5 percent between December and January, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. North Carolina ranked 15th for employment growth between January ...

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The number of construction jobs in Charlotte increased by 6 percent from December 2013 to December 2014, adding an additional 2,600 jobs in that 12-month period, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. Of the 339 metro areas included ...

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North Carolina added more construction jobs between November and December than all but three states, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. There were 4,100 more jobs in December than November, making N.C. one of 37 states where jobs ...

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Construction jobs in the Charlotte region grew by 5 percent in November compared with the previous year, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. That placed the region tied for 125th out of 339 metropolitan statistical areas included in ...

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Construction industry employment hit a new five-year high in November as the sector added 20,000 jobs and its unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, the lowest rate for November in seven years, according to an analysis by the Associated General ...

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The number of construction jobs in the Charlotte area grew by 5 percent over the last year, according to the Associated General Contractors of America, based on Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Not counting the Virginia Beach, Va., metropolitan statistical ...

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