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D-FW, Texas still lag in construction jobs Houston leads the country in loss of building sector jobs, and Austin is one of the cities with gains. The D-FW area has lost more than 10,000 construction jobs since the start of the pandemic.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) North Texas’ construction market still hasn’t recovered from the pandemic. While the lockdowns are over and the vaccine rollouts are sending workers back to the office, a lot of Dallas-Fort Worth construction workers still aren’t back on the job. In April, D-FW construction sector employment was still down by 10,200 jobs fro...

Dallas-Fort Worth construction starts surged in April, led by a sharp rise in nonresidential building activity. Total building starts in the D-FW area were...

South Florida residential construction starts surged 36 percent in April, year-over-year, to $505 million. But commercial starts declined by 11 percent.

HAMILTON, NJ - Total construction starts fell 2% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $853.5 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Single family construction posted a sizeable decline following months of strong activity, while nonresidential building and nonbuilding starts both gained. “The pullback in single family construction starts was inevitable after showing exceptional strength over the past year,” said Richard Branch, Chief Economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. “Higher material prices, supply shortages, and a dearth of skilled construction labor were bound t...

May 20, 2021 Total construction starts fell 2 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $853.5 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. Nonresidential building and nonbuilding starts both gained. “Nonresidential starts are stabilizing and should continue to heal throughout 2021, however, this sector will also be challenged by similar issues facing the housing market that will cause its starts to be below pre-pandemic levels for months to come,” says Richard Branch, chief economist for Dodge Data & Analytics. Nonresidential starts increase, led by institutional Nonre...