ARLINGTON, VA. — U.S. construction firms added 24,000 employees in February according to analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data. Construction employment totalled a record 7,918,000, seasonally adjusted, in February, an increase of 249,000 or 3.2 per cent from a year earlier. That growth rate exceeded the 2.9 per cent … Continue reading U.S. reports record construction employment