ARRA Federal Contracts for Electrical Work Awarded Over Last Two Years
Nov 23, 2010,
Electrical work still available on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects...
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Nov 23, 2010,
Percentage increase expected in the level of construction starts in 2011, totaling $445.5 billion, following the 2% decline predicted for 2010...
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Oct 20, 2010,
Number of new private sector jobs added in the first half of 2010. Coupled with the fourth consecutive quarter of positive growth [in inflation-adjusted gross domestic product]...
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Sep 28, 2010,
Percentage of students that graduated from the Construction Careers Center Charter High School in St. Louis, while only 72% graduate from local city schools...
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Aug 23, 2010,
Percentage decline in state tax revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 compared to the same quarter a year earlier (and an 8.6% decline from the same period two years earlier)...
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Aug 1, 2010,
Number of points NEMA’s Electroindustry Business Confidence Index (EBCI) dropped in July, putting the total at 63.5...
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Jul 26, 2010,
Percentage increase in construction employment (+14,000 jobs) in April, marking the second straight month of improvement...
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Jun 1, 2010,
Percentage increase in the value of construction starts in January through April 2010,as compared to the same months of 2009...
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May 1, 2010,
$4 billion Amount of funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has allocated to 391...
Analyze This, April 2010
Apr 1, 2010,
According to the “Year End 2009 Market Report” from the American Wind Energy Association, the U.S. wind industry broke all previous records by installing close to 10,000 MW of new generating capacity in 2009...
Shocking Stat of the Month
Apr 1, 2010,
Percent decline of orders for construction materials and supplies in the last 12 months...
Shocking Stat of the Month
Mar 1, 2010,
Percentage decline expected for manufacturing capacity in 2010, following a decrease of 1.2% last year....
Analyze This, March 2010
Mar 1, 2010,
The year in which the construction sectors is expected to again be a trillion-dollar industry....
Shocking Stat of the Month
Feb 1, 2010,
Percentage increase expected in construction employment from 2008 to 2018...
Analyze This, February 2010
Feb 1, 2010,
Percentage increase in NEMA’s Primary Industrial Controls Index during the third quarter of 2009 as compared with the second quarter...
Construction Market Statistics
Jan 1, 2010,
Percentage increase in NEMA’s Primary Industrial Controls Index during the third quarter of 2009 as compared with the second quarter...
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Dec 1, 2009,
Percentage drop in construction spending ($911 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate) in October 2009 compared to the previous year...
Shocking Stat of the Month
Dec 1, 2009,
The index topped the 50-point threshold for a fourth straight month, indicative of improving conditions...
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Nov 1, 2009,
Percentage of electrical incidents that cause injury from working on live electrical equipment. Between 1998 and 2006, 39% of critical injuries involved burns from an arc...
Shocking Stat of the Month
Nov 1, 2009,
Percentage increase in the value of new non-residential construction contracts in August...
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Oct 1, 2009,
-65,000: Number of jobs lost in the construction field in August. With monthly losses averaging 117,000 over the six months ending in April, employment...
Shocking Stat of the Month
Oct 1, 2009, Source: National Association of Home Builders
Number of points the Housing Market Index (HMI) rose in September...
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Sep 1, 2009,
-6.5% Percentage drop in NEMA's Primary Industrial Controls Index during the second quarter of 2009 vs. the first three months of the year. Although the...
Shocking Stat of the Month
Sep 1, 2009,
Percentage increase in private residential construction for the month of July...
Construction Market Statistics
Aug 1, 2009,
Percentage cap California Assembly Bill 560 would institute, if passed unaltered, for the state's net metering policy...
