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[ad_1] Contractors added an estimated 15,000 jobs overall in June, marking construction's second-strongest monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, only one sector—specialty trade contractors—showed overall job gains, with these firms collectively adding an estimated 18,400 positions during June.Meanwhile, building contractors showed a decline

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence has seen the fastest adoption curve of any new technology in history. Most of that impact, however, has stayed behind the desks of knowledge workers, helping them draft emails, summarize reports, and write code. What about the people working outside the office? The ones building

[ad_1] Construction initiated by the Texas Dept. of Transportation—such as this work on the $4.5-billion Capital Express Central project in Austin—provided considerable revenue opportunities for contractors in 2024.Image courtesy Texas Dept. of Transportation This year marks

[ad_1] Enrique Fernandez Jr. took a shortcut to becoming an engineer, according to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers. Instead of going to college and studying engineering, he appropriated his dead father’s Florida engineering credentials and hired himself out doing building inspections, the board claims, and allegedly

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