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Construction Employment Rose to 7.56M in December

Construction Employment Rose to 7.56M in December

Washington, DC, January 12, 2022—Construction employment, seasonally adjusted, totaled 7,560,000 in December, an increase of 22,000 from the upwardly revised November total and a gain of 160,000 (2.2%) year-over-year from December 2020, according to Associated General Contractor’s analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data.

Good Design Floorcovering Winners for 2021 Named

Good Design Floorcovering Winners for 2021 Named

Chicago, IL, January 11, 2022—For more than seventy years, The Chicago Athenaeum has hosted the Good Design awards, a program created to build awareness about contemporary design and to honor both products and industry leaders in design and manufacturing that have chartered new directions for innovation and pushed the envelope for competitive products in the world marketplace.

Supply-Chain Challenges Continue to Hamper New Home Building

Supply-Chain Challenges Continue to Hamper New Home Building

New York, NY, January 10, 2022--Supply-chain backlogs are roiling the new home market, upending efforts to accelerate construction, limiting home-buyer choices, and causing some new owners to move into unfinished homes, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Celebrity Renovator Mina Hawk Visiting Karndean Booth at TISE

Celebrity Renovator Mina Hawk Visiting Karndean Booth at TISE

Export, PA, January 10, 2022-Founder and owner of Two Chicks and a Hammer, home renovation expert and star of HGTV’s Good Bones Mina Starsiak Hawk is scheduled to appear in person at Karndean Designflooring booth 2132 during The International Surfaces Event in Las Vegas.