Skanska’s Spring 2026 Construction Market Trends Report points to rising material costs, labor shortages and continued demand ...

Workers perform electrical and equipment work at an industrial facility. Industry economists say electricians remain among construction's hardest-to-fill positions as data center and energy projects ...

Nonresidential construction accounted for most of the industry's job gains in May, while the construction unemployment rate ...

Only two states, Louisiana and Ohio, reported lower construction unemployment rates in March 2026 compared to previous periods. The national NSA payroll construction employment increased by 58,000, ...

The cost of construction materials and labor spiked at the beginning of 2026, spearheaded by rising prices for energy and materials. Construction input prices rose to a 12.6% annualized rate in the ...

Contractors across North America continue to report that electricians, HVAC specialists and other technical trades remain ...

When Shreesha Ramdas first started building tech companies in the early 2000s, he didn’t expect his path would lead him to one of the oldest industries in America: construction. A seasoned ...

Chris Coleman is partner-in-charge of St. Louis-based accounting firm RubinBrown’s Construction Services Group. Opinions are the author’s own. In an already tight construction labor market, raids by U ...

The construction unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, reached 5% in December, according to data recently released by Bureau of Labor Statistics. Minnesota had the highest rate, followed by ...