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Jillian Stengel In Awards, Events, Member News

Submit Your Best Projects for the 2025 Excellence in Construction Awards

🏆 CALLING ALL CONTRACTORS – SHOWCASE YOUR BEST WORK! 🏗️ ABC New Jersey is now accepting submissions for our 2025 Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards! This prestigious program celebrates the most outstanding projects from ABC-NJ members—honoring innovation, craftsmanship, world-class safety, and excellence in construction. Think your project has what it…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

ABC: June Nonresidential Construction Materials Prices Up 2.5% Year-Over-Year, 43% Since February 2020

Construction input prices increased 0.2% in June compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.3% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 2.1% higher than a…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

Contractor to Congress: ABC Safety System Demonstrates Cultural Transformation in Construction

Kevin Sell, senior manager of corporate development at Kwest Group, Perrysburg, Ohio, today testified on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the role that programs like ABC’s STEP® Health and Safety Management System play in creating meaningful pathways between the…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

Texas Flash Flooding Update: How You Can Help

Dear Friends, Over the July 4 weekend, Texas was hit with devastating flooding from massive rainstorms bringing widespread damage. As of the morning of July 7, more than 80 people, including at least 28 children, have tragically lost their lives due to this flash flooding, and thousands of residents have been displaced…

Andrew DeVito In Government Affairs, National, News

ABC Celebrates the One Big Beautiful Bill Becoming Law

Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, delivering historic tax relief to the U.S. construction industry and Main Street businesses nationwide. “On this July 4, ABC celebrates Congress and the White House working…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

ABC: Construction Adds 15K Jobs in June

The construction industry added 15,000 jobs on net in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. On a year-over-year basis, industry employment has increased by 121,000 jobs, or 1.5%. Nonresidential construction employment expanded by 9,200 positions on…

Andrew DeVito In Government Affairs, National, News

ABC Applauds Senate Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill

Associated Builders and Contractors today applauded the U.S. Senate’s passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as critical legislation delivering much-needed tax relief to the U.S. construction industry and other Main Street businesses. ABC and its 67 chapters, representing more than 23,000 member companies and millions of…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

ABC: Construction Hiring Remains Sluggish in May

The construction industry had 245,000 job openings on the last day of May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. JOLTS defines a job opening as any unfilled position for which an employer is…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

Nonresidential Construction Spending Down 0.2% in May, Says ABC

National nonresidential construction spending decreased 0.2% in May, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled $1.237 trillion. Spending was down on a monthly basis in half of the nonresidential subcategories. Private…

Andrew DeVito In National, News

ABC: Tariffed Construction Materials Prices Rise in May

Construction input prices increased 0.2% in May compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.3% for the month. Overall construction input prices are 1.3% higher than a…