Fulton County's development authority has taken the first formal step toward a property-tax incentive for GuildHouse, a proposed $107.6 million apartment, townhome and retail project at 2085 Marietta Boulevard in northwest Atlanta that its backers project would support about 600 temporary constructi
A New Jersey drywall installer must pay $700,000 in back wages and damages to 48 workers, plus a $25,000 civil money penalty, after the U.S. Department of Labor found the company did not pay for work employees did before their shifts, the department announced Thursday, Oct. 22.
Pennsylvania's water infrastructure lender approved $190.3 million for 24 drinking water, wastewater and farm runoff projects in 19 counties, Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration announced Wednesday, Oct. 21.
Can someone without trade experience get into construction or welding without paying for school first? Two programs in the news this week say yes, at least for the training itself.
The contractor building Rivian's electric-vehicle plant in Georgia is training local residents for construction jobs through a free, 20-day pre-apprenticeship program, Construction Dive reported Tuesday, Oct. 20. Graduates earn up to eight industry-recognized credentials.
Employers in the Houston region filed just three layoff notices with the Texas Workforce Commission in the third quarter of 2026, covering 356 workers. In the same three months of 2025, they filed 19 notices covering 2,750 workers.
U.S. housing starts fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,221,000 in September, down 5.2% from a revised 1,288,000 in August and 7.4% below September 2025, the Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Tuesday, Oct. 20.
Confidence among U.S. builders of single-family homes fell three points to 29 in October, the lowest reading since June 2012, the National Association of Home Builders said Monday, Oct. 19.
