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The nonprofit organization Girls Build holds camps across the country to teach girls skilled trades like construction, plumbing, electricity, auto mechanics, and more.
A new study of home building employment finds that of the 10.3 million Americans working in construction in 2017 (the most recent data available), more than 4 million worked in residential construction, or 2.6 percent of the nation's civilian labor force
New construction cost index data show growth in March to a 60.4 reading, up from 55.3 in February. A 60-point reading for labor and materials indicates widespread price increases.
Greg Ugalde, president of Connecticut-based builder T&M Building Co. and new chairman of the National Association of Home Builders recently spoke with the Associated Press about the industry.
The latest release of jobs data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the construction industry, both residential and nonresidential, lost 31,000 jobs in February 2019.
The latest data from CoreLogic suggests that home prices will be heating up again. In January, home value growth was the slowest in seven years, up 4.4 percent annually.
