Items Tagged with 'Nonresidential Construction'

Will continuing demand for data center construction keep construction contractors hiring?

Residential and non-residential both declined overall despite ongoing data center work.

BLS reported the major increase—after three consecutive months of decline that included 7,000 fewer positions in August. Will contractors keep hiring?

Commercial and industrial construction planning each saw increases since June. 

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.

Although ENR’s indexes measure the costs of non-residential buildings, the housing market has had a major impact on index movement.

Rich data from Dodge Data & Analytics for the Washington D.C. area.

Led by nonresidential contractors, the construction industry increased its hiring pace during September, and the overall unemployment rate fell to 3.4%.

Nonresidential spending fell 0.8% in March, ABC analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows.