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AEC leaders at the ENR Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference in San Diego vowed that diverse teams would deliver complex projects and bottom-line returns with determined effort—despite rising anti-DEI rhetoric and enforcement threats from the Trump administration.

The hot pace of construction staff compensation is cooling. Following years of historically high salary increases, employers are reigning in pay for construction staff.

Under new guidance, agencies anticipating bids 10% higher than their budget with a PLA in place can forego the requirement.

White House Office of Management and Budget directs federal agencies to continue using project labor agreements on construction projects but broadens allowable exceptions.

Amazon plans to build two data centers in Pennsylvania, part of a planned $20-billion investment in the commonwealth.

While non-residential contractors added an estimated 11,300 jobs in May, firms working in the residential sector shed an estimated 7,500 positions, according to the BLS.

Movement in the construction job force has been slow amid the current economic uncertainty. 

Continued economic uncertainty is a catalyst for the decline in spending, industry economists say.

What happened in the latest accident?

Industry contractor groups generally welcomed certainty around disputes that will be heard, particularly by NLRB while Wilcox's case is adjudicated by the lower courts.