Construction Unemployment Rates Improve in 48 States in August

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — August not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rates improved in 48 states and the nation on a year-over-year basis, according to a recent analysis released by Associated Builders and Contractors. The national NSA construction unemployment rate of 5.1 percent was 1 percent lower than a year ago, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, producing the lowest August construction unemployment rate on record. BLS data also showed that the industry employed 183,000 more people than in August 2015. “August 2016 continues the unbroken monthly streak of year-over-year rate declines in the construction unemployment rate that began … Read more

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June Construction Unemployment Rates Improve in 47 States from 2015

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – June not seasonally adjusted construction unemployment rates improved in 47 states and the nation on a year-over-year basis according to an analysis recently released by Associated Builders and Contractors. The national construction unemployment rate of 4.6 percent was 1.7 percent lower than a year ago according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Further, the industry boasted its lowest June rate since 2000 when it matched this June’s 4.6 percent rate. BLS data also showed that the industry employed 229,000 more people than in June 2015. Four states—Connecticut, Hawaii, Mississippi and Wyoming—posted an increase in their … Read more

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ABC Report: Safety Best Practices Can Make Construction Companies 720% Safer

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –Associated Builders and Contractors recently released its 2016 Safety Performance Report to further the industry’s understanding of how to make construction jobsites safer. Packed with infographics and practical takeaways, the report documents the dramatic impact of using proactive safety practices to reduce recordable incidents by up to 86 percent, making the best-performing companies 720 percent safer than the industry average. “Until now, relatively little research has been conducted on the correlation between the use of ‘leading indicators,’ such as  substance abuse programs, new hire safety orientation and near-miss investigations and safer construction jobsites,” said ABC President and CEO … Read more

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