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Arlington, VA, January 3, 2019-Seventy-nine percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2019 but an almost equal percentage are worried about their ability to locate and hire qualified workers, according to survey results released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate.
Englewood, CO, January 3, 2019—Bona U.S. has announced that its online training platform, at BonaTraining.com, won a Litmos’ 2018 Lenny Award for Best Customer Training Program.
Tempe, AZ, January 3, 2019-The November Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 59.3%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the October reading of 57.7%, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Lancaster, PA, January 2, 2019-Armstrong Flooring completed the sale of its wood flooring business to an affiliate of private equity investment firm American Industrial Partners on December 31, 2018.
Twinsburg, OH, January 2, 2019—Barrington Carpet & Flooring Design has acquired Carpet Country of Twinsburg, Ohio.
Washington, DC, January 2, 2019—The Pending Home Sales Index decreased 0.7% to 101.4 in November, down from 102.1 in October, according to the National Association of Realtors.
New York, NY, December 27, 2018—Home prices rose by 5.5% year over year in October—remaining the same as the previous month—according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, covering all nine U.S. census divisions.
New York, NY, December 27, 2018-Aterian Investment Partners, a private investment firm, announces that one of its affiliates has acquired Xpress Global Systems (XGS).
Johnson City, TN, December 27, 2018—Harris Wood is pleased to announce the appointment of Crescent Hardwood Supply of Harahan, Louisiana as the company’s newest distributor.
Arlington, VA, December 27, 2018—Forty-two states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between November 2017 and November 2018, while 23 states added construction jobs between October and November, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data.