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Jan 08, 2021 Heading into the new year, 88 percent of contractors report in a recent survey to having projects canceled or postponed in 2020 and 2021, and only one-third plan to add workers this year. The results of the Associated General Contractors of America’s 2021 Construction Hiring and Business Outlook are a stark contrast to its pre-pandemic outlook, in which 80 percent of contractors planned to add employees heading into 2020. Project cancellations and delays were not even an issue then. The new survey, which received 1,329 responses, was conducted November 10 to December 14. “Th...

JACKSON, Mich., JAN. 14, 2021 – Believing that form follows function and having moved through the development of a program-focused facility design, the Jackson YMCA has selected two organizations to round out its capital campaign design and construction team. The YMCA Board of Directors, acting on recommendations of its campaign Building and Design Committee, selected Granger Construction Co. as the project’s construction manager and Bergmann as the YMCA’s architect/engineer. The committee and both firms are working closely with Gro Development Inc., a leader in the development, design ...

The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Sage Construction and Real forecast the COVID-19 pandemic to shrink construction demand, decrease new hires and increase cancelled or delayed production in 2021. AGC and Sage conducted the 2021 Construction Outlook National Survey, which accumulated 1,329 responses, and discussed the results in a Facebook Live event with a panel of contractors on Thursday. The survey concluded that most companies anticipate declining demand for work in all construction categories excluding water and sewer, warehouse and other healthcare facilitie...