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At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs, or GRAPs, are still failing to meet the construction industry’s short- and long-term skilled workforce development needs.

Poettker Construction announced they have earned the No. 109 spot on the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2025 Top Performers List, recognizing the association’s contractor members’ exemplary performance in quality, merit, and project excellence.

The February jobs report suggests contractors’ ongoing optimism, said ABC officials.

Associated Builders and Contractors announced its sponsorship of Construction Safety Week 2025, which will take place May 5-9, as a call to action for the entire contracting community to commit to a safer industry.

An early evening announcement leaves American industry scrambling to adjust.

The association reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 8.4 months in January.

The construction industry added fewer jobs in January but on a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 178,000 jobs, an increase of 2.2 percent. 

The construction industry will need to attract an estimated 439,000 net new workers in 2025 to meet anticipated demand for construction services, according to a proprietary model developed and released today by Associated Builders and Contractors. In 2026, the industry will need to bring in 499,000 new workers as spending picks up in response to presumed lower interest rates.

Wisconsin is the No. 1 state for construction, according to Associated Builders and Contractors’ 10th annual Merit Shop Scorecard. The scorecard, released annually since 2015, ranks all 50 states and the District of Columbia based on policies and programs that better career pathways in construction, further workforce development, and strengthen fair and open competition on taxpayer-funded construction projects.