The construction industry had 295,000 job openings on the last day of June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

On July 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Portland Cement Association, which represents America’s cement manufacturers, will receive more than $2.4 million to lead a project that will improve both the quantity and quality of industry Environmental Product Declarations.

The construction industry added 2,000 jobs on net in November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released Dec. 8 by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 200,000 jobs, an increase of 2.6 percent.

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released 2023 injury and illness data collected under the agency’s new Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses regulations published in July 2023.

On Dec. 19, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its 2022 data on occupational fatalities, which showed an overall increase of 5.7 percent and that the construction and transportation industries had the highest fatality rates.

Employers — especially construction employers — will be interested in new data the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics published May 18 on the role of foreign-born persons in the U.S. workforce (people currently working in the United States who were born outside the U.S. and neither parent was a U.S. citizen).

After two months of disappointing, declining housing starts and permits - understandable with mortgage rates around 7 percent - the May data was a shocker, according to Tyler Durden of ZeroHedge.

Construction firms added 16,000 jobs in August, according to an analysis of federal employment data released on Sept. 2 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said their newly released survey, conducted with Autodesk, showed contractors are eager to hire more employees but are being stymied by a dearth of qualified workers.