Seventy percent of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to the results of an industry-wide survey released this month by Autodesk and the Associated ...

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Construction spending nationwide in February increased 2.1 percent from February 2014, but dropped slightly — 0.1 percent — from January, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. AGC officials said spending in February was held back by declining demand ...

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Between February and March, contractors added 300 jobs in the state, increasing to 178,700 the number of construction employees from 178,400, according to a release from Associated General Contractors. Between March 2013 and March 2014, 5,900 construction jobs were added ...

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Gains in Charlotte construction employment accounted for more than 75 percent of all the growth in the state’s construction employment between February 2013 and this February, according to a release from the Associated General Contractors of America. During that period, ...

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It’s been almost a decade and a half since state agencies and community colleges got any bond money from the state to fund repairs and renovations to existing buildings. In that time, those buildings have accumulated a multi-billion-dollar backlog in ...

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North Carolina lost 1,700 construction jobs from July to August, and even more when compared to August 2012, according to a report released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America and based on statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor.

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Traditional economic theory says people follow jobs. In the Queen City over the last four to five years, however, jobs have either decreased or remained relatively stagnant while the city continues to attract migrants, said Bill Graves, assistant professor of economic geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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Traditional economic theory says people follow jobs. In the Queen City over the last four to five years, however, jobs have either decreased or remained relatively stagnant while the city continues to attract migrants, said Bill Graves, assistant professor of economic geography at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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About 600 more people were employed in Charlotte area construction jobs in June than in May, and about 1,100 more were employed in those jobs than in June 2012, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors.

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