Tag: Ken Simonson
Construction employment in Providence metro ticks up 3% in July
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 3% year over year to 26,500 workers in July, according to the Associated...
R.I. construction employment growth highest in New England in July
PROVIDENCE – The year-over-year construction employment growth rate in Rhode Island in July was the 15th-highest in the nation, according to the Associated General...
R.I. construction employment up 1% in March
PROVIDENCE – Seasonally-adjusted Rhode Island construction employment increased 1 percent year over year, or 200 jobs, to 19,600, the 35th-fastest-growing state in the nation,...
R.I. construction employment declines in Feb.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island construction employment declined 0.5 percent year over year in February from 19,600 to 19,500, one of 14 states that saw...
R.I. construction employment growth ranks No. 18 in the nation in...
PROVIDENCE – Seasonally adjusted Rhode Island construction employment increased 4.9 percent year over year in January to 19,300, according to the Associated General Contractors...
Construction bid costs rising
PROVIDENCE – The cost of new commercial buildings rose in October as contractors tried to recoup fast-rising material and labor costs, according to the...
R.I. Aug. construction employment rises 3.8%, No. 28 in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island construction employment increased 3.8 percent year over year in August, the No. 28 fastest rate in the country, and the...
May construction employment up 500 workers in both Providence, New Bedford...
PROVIDENCE – Construction employment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area increased 500 workers year over year in May, a 2 percent increase, to 24,100...
AGCA: U.S. construction costs see slight increase in March
PROVIDENCE – Construction costs have increased steadily this year, and jumped again in March, according to the Associated General Contractors of America, a trade...
Feb. R.I. construction employment growth No. 28 in U.S.
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 28 in the nation for 12-month growth in construction employment in February with a 2.1 percent gain, according...
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