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    Construction
    Jan 09, 2015

    Construction employment hits five-year high

    Construction employers added 48,000 jobs for the year — making a total of 290,000 for the year — bringing unemployment in the sector down to 8.3%, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

    EBI
    Jan 06, 2015

    EBI Declines, But Stays Positive

    While the heads of U.S. engineering remain positive about business prospects, “their confidence is fraying at the edges,” according to a press release from the American Council of Engineering Companies announcing the council’s Engineering Business Index (EBI).

    Construction
    Jan 02, 2015

    Monthly construction spending declines, but 2014 still looks to beat 2013

    Construction spending declined in November, but 2014 is still on track to beat 2013’s expenditures, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.

    AGC
    Jan 01, 2015

    Report from AGC – Contractors Predict Boom Year

    Contractors interviewed by the Association of General Contractors for its new report Ready To Hire Again: The 2015 Construction Hiring And Business Outlook don’t just say they’re confident in the coming year: They’re putting their money behind it, with 80 percent planning to expand their payrolls.

    ABI
    Dec 17, 2014

    ABI Has 7th Straight Monthly Rise

    Although its pace slowed slightly, November’s Architectural Billings Index increased for the seventh consecutive month.

    179D Information
    Dec 17, 2014

    Section 179D Extended Through 2014

    Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014 – HR 5771

    Architects
    Dec 17, 2014

    Architecture Firms’ Billings Stay Up

    In a positive sign for Concord’s clients in the architecture industry. The American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index has softened a little bit, but remains positive.

    ABI
    Nov 19, 2014

    ABI slows slightly but continues to grow

    While it did not increase as inn the past two months, the October Architectural Billings Index showed continued growth in architectural billings.

    AGC
    Nov 07, 2014

    AGC Economist Forecasts Strong Overall Construction Growth

    Citing the “shale gale” — the increased production of North American shale oil and its downstream effects — a rise in residential construction (especially multi-family) and work on the Panama Canal, Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, said he foresees strong construction growth for 2015.