HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY (July 8, 2020)—The Dodge Momentum Index dropped 6.6% in June to 121.5 from the revised May reading of 130.1.

WASHINGTON—Associated Builders and Contractors announced the cancellation of ABC Convention 2020, which was scheduled for August 17-19 in Nashville, Tennessee. The event, which includes the National Craft Championships, Construction Management Competition and National Excellence in Construction Awards, was previously postponed from March due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Last week, the United States House of Representatives approved a climate-friendly $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan that would allocate billions of dollars to addressing ever-increasing issues with roads and bridges, transit systems, railways, harbors, ports and channels.

WASHINGTON—National nonresidential construction spending declined 0.9% in May, according to an 

Construction employment increased in 329 out of 358 metro areas between April and May as a new survey finds that two-thirds of highway construction firms had at least one crash in the past year at highway work zones they operate.