Only
10 out of 337 metropolitan areas added construction jobs between February 2009
and 2010, the Associated General Contractors of America
reported, citing data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Construction
spending tumbled in February by $11.6 billion, or 1.3 percent, to $846 billion,
a low last recorded in 2002, according to an analysis of new federal figures by
the Associated General Contractors of America.
The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute has
launched a new Web site (www.greenguard.org)
with four custom-designed sections for manufacturers, architects/designers,
owners/builders and consumers.
Vormittag Associates Inc.
(VAI), will host, “IBM® Smart Business,”
on Wed., Feb. 24 at 2:00 p.m. (ET) - a free Webinar about the latest
IBM business concept.
Construction
employment fell by 53,500 (-0.9 percent), accounting for more than 60 percent
of total losses for December 2009, and by 934,000 (14 percent) for the year.
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