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Grabber Construction Products is pleased to announce Joe Schaeper is joining their Product Category Management team as the company’s newest Product Category Manager. 

Construction spending declined in June from May 2019 and June 2018 levels, but most categories other than single-family homebuilding ended the first half of the year ahead of the year-to-date totals for 2018, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new federal spending data. 

Construction employment increased by 4,000 jobs in July and by 202,000, or 2.8 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction experience rose, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. 

Toledo and Monroe metro areas tied for the fifth-fastest growing construction job markets in the country, according to data released by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Construction employment grew in 253, or 71 percent, out of 358 metro areas between June 2018 and June 2019, declined in 61 and was unchanged in 44, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. 

Pabco Gypsum received the award during the Wall and Ceiling Alliance’s (WACA) Annual Construction Excellence Award ceremony in San Jose, CA in early June.

Forty-two states added construction jobs between June 2018 and June 2019, while construction employment increased in 30 states from May to June, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. 

President Trump has taken another step aimed at helping the U.S. steel and other industries by calling for a broadening of Buy American requirements for federal government infrastructure projects and other purchases.

This past June 6, the Wall and Ceiling Alliance (WACA) held its Construction Excellence Awards (CEA) show honoring contractors that demonstrated exceptional craftsmanship in their respective fields in Northern California. 

The Gypsum Association (GA) is pleased to announce the complete redesign of its website, www.gypsum.org.