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Nonresidential Construction Spending Increased 0.4% in February

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ABI February 2023: Business conditions remain soft at architecture firms

Architectural salaries saw strong gains in 2022, with more modest growth anticipated for 2023

Architecture firm billings remained soft for the fifth consecutive month in February. The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 48.0 indicates softer business conditions than in January. However, while overall billings have declined every month since October 2022, the pace of the decline remains relatively modest, and has not accelerated dramatically.

New AGC Report Demonstrates Construction Industry’s Focus and Ingenuity in Addressing Workforce Challenges

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For the second year in a row, AGC of America gathered professionals working in construction workforce development to share best practices and brainstorm ideas on how to meet continued labor challenges in the industry.

ABI January 2023: Architecture firm billings decline at slower pace

One in five firms have current international projects, or have had one in the last five years

While architecture firm billings declined for the fourth consecutive month in January, the pace of the decline continued to slow. The ABI score of 49.3 for the month indicates that fewer firms reported softening conditions this month than in December. In addition, inquiries into new projects and the value of new design contracts both strengthened in January, as firms reported an uptick of interest in new projects.

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