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Construction employment declined for a second straight month in May, dropping by 15,000 jobs, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). (April employment, initially reported as showing an increase of 1,000 jobs, was revised downward to show a 5,000-job drop.)

The Architectural Billings Index for April is 50.6, down from the mark of 51.9 in March but still representing an increase.

Construction employment in April reached its highest level since December 2008 but only increased by 1,000 jobs, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Construction spending in March was up slightly over February — and up 8 percent from a year earlier — to reach its highest level since October 2007, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Louisville, KY, April 29, 2016] — Concord announced today that Managing Member Dennis J. Stilger, Jr. has been named to committees of two major national engineering associations.

The Architectural Billings Index ended the first quarter on an upswing, increasing to 51.9 from 50.3 in March.

The American Institute of Architects criticized the U.S. Senate for passing S. 2012, the Energy Policy Modernization Act, which repeals energy-efficiency targets in federal buildings passed in 2007.

The confidence of engineering CEOs continued to grow in the first quarter of 2016, according to the Engineering Business Index (EBI) compiled by the American Council of Engineering Companies.

The Committee on the Environment of the American Institute of Architects has issued Lessons from the Leading Edge, a study of nearly 200 award-winning sustainable design projects that demonstrate COTE’s mission to “enhance both the design quality and environmental performance of the built environment.”