Construction

Texas, Louisiana Have Worst Job Losses Since Pandemic Struck, While Utah, Idaho Gain the Most; Association Issue Inflation Alert and Urges Immediate Relief on Tariffs, Examination of Supply Barriers By Subcontractors USA News Provider Construction employment in February remained below pre-pandemic levels in all but six states, according to an analysis by the Associated General…

By Subcontractors USA News Provider With unanimous support from City Council on March 24, Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed the Office of Business Opportunity (OBO) Advisory Board – Rogelio Pombrol, Alicia Jimerson, Edgartt Melton, Craig Williams, Grace Rodriguez, Brandi Harleaux, Suzan Deison, Adriana Gonzalez, Nicholas Morgan, Thom Ronk, Alan Bergeron, Raoul Keddy, Marlon Mitchell, Laura Jaramillo,…

By Helen Callier Devastating storms such as hurricanes, tornados, floods from thunderstorms, and the recent Texas freeze create a bonanza of work for contractors.  From blown off roofs to busted pipes to fallen sheetrock, contractors rush in to assist homeowners in repairing damaged homes.    Challenges often crop up during construction, and some contractors scratch their…

Private Nonresidential Market Shrinks 10 Percent Since January 2020 with Declines in All 11 Segments; Growing Cancellations, Proposed Labor Law Change Threaten to Harm Employers and Workers Alike By Subcontractors USA News Provider Construction spending rallied in January as private nonresidential construction increased for the first time in seven months, according to an analysis of…

Association Officials Call for Removing Tariffs on Key Materials to Provide Immediate Relief for Hard-Hit Contractors and Exploring Ways to Expand Long-Term Capacity for Steel, Lumber and Other Materials By Subcontractors USA News Provider Price increases—some to record-setting levels—and long delivery delays are causing hardships for construction firms that are also experiencing challenges in completing…

By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Now that the impeachment trial of the 45th President is over, perhaps our legislators can turn their attention to working people, or more accurately, those who used to work and are not now working. There were 18 million unemployment insurance claims now than a year ago, and nearly 10…

By Helen Callier  As I wrote this article during the week of a surprise freeze, millions of my fellow Texans were without power and were attempting to stay warm huddled inside their homes.  Others sought shelter at warming centers to weather the freezing temperatures and to protect their family.  Though many parts of Texas are…

By Helen Callier, Subcontractors USA Contributing Writer  You’re a construction project executive with demands to grow your business in 2021, and the new normal is causing budget strains from waiting around much longer than planned for building permits.    We get it!  We hear the challenges from the many calls in our PermitUsNow’s toll free line…

Association Weighs Legal Options By Subcontractors USA News Provider In a further response to the Associated General Contractors of America’s (AGC) pressure to restrict the use and ultimately require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to revise its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) “Loan Necessity Questionnaire” — including the lawsuit that AGC filed against SBA on December…

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Few Construction Firms Expect the Industry to Recover to Pre-Pandemic Levels Anytime Soon, While Demand for Most Types of Projects is Likely to Fall amid Growing Project Delays and Cancellations Construction employment increased by 51,000 jobs in December, with gains for nonresidential as well as residential contractors, according to an…

By Subcontractors USA News Provider New Industry Outlook Finds Most Contractors Expect Demand for Many Categories of Construction to Decline, Few Firms Expect the Industry to Recover to Pre-Pandemic Levels Soon, but will Sustain IT Investments Most contractors expect demand for many types of construction to shrink in 2021 even as the pandemic is prompting…

By Helen Callier, Subcontractors USA Contributing Writer  Did you read the December 2020 issue of the Subcontractors USA Texas Journal?  There was a great article on page 4 titled, “US Construction Spending to Gain Ground Through 2024” highlighting growth in certain construction industry sectors and regions in the U.S., such as in the South.  This…

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Mass. Have Worst 12-Month Losses, While Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Walla Walla, Wash. Lead in Construction Job Increases By Subcontractors USA News Provider Only 30 percent of the nation’s metro areas added construction jobs in the past year, according to an analysis of new government data that the Associated General Contractors…

By Subcontractors USA News Provider Founded in Oakland, California, in 1969 by Ray Dones and Joseph Debro, the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) is the oldest minority construction trade association in the United States. Members include more than 50 Hall of Fame members and Legacy Contractor Builders and a combined annual project capacity of…

Small Business Administration and Office of Management and Budget Secretly Crafted Questionnaire that Asks about Everything Other Than the Economic Uncertainty that Congress Intended to Drive Program By Subcontractors USA News Provider The Associated General Contractors of America filed suit recently to compel Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…