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March 3, 2015

Construction jobs back, but not what they used to be

  • The AGC says 83 percent of contractors are having trouble filling craft positions.
    • By MIKE SCHNEIDER
    Associated Press

    ORLANDO, Fla. — As Florida's housing market tanked seven years ago, construction worker David Rager saw jobs dry up. So he left construction, along with 2.3 million others nationwide during the economic downturn, and got a job installing traffic signals and street lights.

    “I couldn't afford to sit at home for a month here and a month there,” said Rager, 53.


     
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