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In the Denver area, construction has a huge backlog due to limited number of construction workers. Shovel ready jobs just hanging there!
In the Denver area, construction has a huge backlog due to limited number of construction workers. Shovel ready jobs just hanging there!
All signs and numbers point to a huge year for the construction industry. Even in December, with much of the nation frozen, the construction industry added 30,000 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
a lot of talk but no action.
how's the wall going so far?
Strategist saysa lot of talk but no action.
how's the wall going so far?
Not very well i'm afraid. Too many democrats refuse to fund it. Good thing is, Trump never gives up.
Too many democrats refuse to fund it.
Democrats? I thought Mexico was funding it.
Strategist saysToo many democrats refuse to fund it.
maybe he shouldn't have promised the impossible. like mexico will pay for it?
HOLD THE PHONE!!! Mexico is supposed to pay for it. Why is Trump blaming Democrats?
Mexico does not have the money for the wall. We would have to give them the money, so that they can pay for the wall.
For all of 2017, construction added 210,000 jobs, a 35 percent increase over 2016.
Construction spending is also soaring, rising more than expected in November to a record $1.257 trillion, according to the Commerce Department. That was up 2.4 percent annually. Spending increased across all sectors of real estate, commercial and residential, with particular strength in private construction projects. The only weakness was in government construction spending.
Construction firms are clearly looking to hire more workers. Three-quarters of them said they plan to increase payrolls in 2018, according to a new survey from the Associated General Contractors of America. Industry optimism for all types of construction, measured by the ratio of those who expected the market to expand versus those who expected it to contract, hit a record high.
"This optimism is likely based on current economic conditions, an increasingly business-friendly regulatory environment and expectations the Trump administration will boost infrastructure investments," said Stephen Sandherr, the association's CEO.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/05/by-all-measures-a-construction-boom-is-shaping-up-for-2018.html
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