ABC Launches Construction Technology Marketplace to Grow Contractor Members’ Innovative Initiatives

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Associated Builders and Contractors has launched of its inaugural Tech Marketplace, comprised of companies that provide construction technology and innovative digital solutions for ABC contractor members to advance and grow their technology strategies, offerings and abilities. “Technology helps our contractor members become safer, more profitable and primed to win more work,” said Matt Abeles, ABC’s vice president of construction technology and innovation. “The Tech Marketplace brings together a group of technology providers, selected by ABC’s Tech and Innovation Committee, ready to partner with ABC members to help them integrate construction technology and innovation into all aspects of their strategic initiatives. … Read more

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ABC Elects 2020 National Chair, Executive Committee

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Associated Builders and Contractors’ board of directors elected Tim Keating, owner and president, R. C. Stevens Construction Co., to serve as the 2020 ABC national chair during the association’s annual Leadership Institute. Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., was elected chair-elect and Stephanie Schmidt, president, Poole Anderson Construction, was elected secretary. Members of ABC’s 2020 executive committee, who will take office Jan. 1: Tim Keating, owner and president, R. C. Stevens Construction Co., Winter Garden, Florida, chair Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., Kaukauna, Wisconsin, chair-elect Stephanie Schmidt, president, Poole Anderson Construction, … Read more

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ABC Elects 2019 National Chair, Executive Committee

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. ― The Associated Builders and Contractors board of directors elected Tony Rader, telecom vice president for National Roofing Partners, to serve as the 2019 national chair during the association’s annual Leadership Institute in Las Vegas, Vegas. Ray Zamora, president of AnchorBuilt Inc., was elected chair-elect, and Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and engineering, Keller Inc., was elected secretary. Members of ABC’s 2019 executive committee who will take office Jan. 1: Tony Rader, telecom vice president, National Roofing Partners, Coppell, Texas, chair Ray Zamora, president, AnchorBuilt Inc., Albuquerque, N.M., chair-elect Steve Klessig, vice president of architecture and … Read more

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Construction Adds 19,000 Jobs as Unemployment Plummets in July, Says ABC

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. construction industry added 19,000 net new jobs in July after adding 13,000 net new jobs in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data supplied by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The industry has added 308,000 net new jobs since the first of the year, a robust increase of 4.4 percent. The construction industry unemployment rate dove to 3.4 percent in July, recording its lowest level in the 18-year history of the series. The national unemployment rate for all industries inched down to 3.9 percent. Nonresidential construction employment increased by 13,200 net jobs … Read more

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Construction Input Prices Up in April, Led by Sharp Increases in Energy Prices

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Construction input prices rose for a fifth consecutive month in April, increasing by 0.7 percent on a monthly basis and 4.3 percent on a year-over-year basis, according to analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released by Associated Builders and Contractors. Nonresidential construction input prices behaved similarly, increasing by .7 percent on a monthly basis and 4.2 percent on a year-ago basis. Prices for final demand goods—the broadest measure supplied by producer price index data —increased by .5 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis. Final demand prices are up 2.5 percent on a year-over-year … Read more

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